Recognition of allylic substrates in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase: Analysis using mutated enzymes and artificial allylic substrates

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1036-1040

  Ohnuma, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Hemmi, Hisashi ^a   Koyama, Tanetoshi ^a   Ogura, Kyozo ^a   Nishino, Tokuzo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial substrates; Enzyme mechanism; Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase; Isoprenoids; Prenyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN;

SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 0031778915     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022040     Document Type: Article

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