Examination of the thiamin diphosphate binding site in yeast transketolase by site-directed mutagenesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 646-652

  Meshalkina, Ludmilla ^a,c   Nilsson, Ulrika ^b   Wikner, Christer ^a   Kostikowa, Tatiana ^b   Schneider, Gunter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Enzyme mechanism; Protein crystallography; Site directed mutagenesis; Thiamin diphosphate; Transketolase

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

EID: 0031039575     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00646.x     Document Type: Article

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