The role of tyrosine 121 in cofactor binding of 5-aminolevulinate synthase

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1208-1213

  Tan, Dongwei ^a   Barber, Michael J ^a,b   Ferreira, Gloria C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALAS; Cofactor binding; PLP; Site directed mutagenesis; Tyr 121

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MURINAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031807775     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070516     Document Type: Article

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