Three-dimensional structure of Escherichia coli branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase at 2.5 Å resolution

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 637-641

  Okada, Kengo ^a   Hirotsu, Ken ^a   Sato, Mamoru ^b   Hayashi, Hideyuki ^c   Kagamiyama, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid aminotransferase; Pyridoxal enzyme; Substrate recognition; Three dimensional structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030979116     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021633     Document Type: Article

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