Mutations of fumarase that distinguish between the active site and a nearby dicarboxylic acid binding site

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 834-842

  Weaver, Todd ^a   Lees, Mason ^a   Banaszak, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

activation; active site; active site water; catalytic base; fumarase; site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030938063     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060410     Document Type: Article

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