Altered specificity mutations define residues essential for substrate positioning in xanthine dehydrogenase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 431-438

  Glatigny, Annie ^a   Hof, Peter ^b   Romão, Maria J ^c   Huber, Robert ^b   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Molybdoenzymes; Substrate binding site

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; ALLOPURINOL; ARGININE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ASPERGILLUS; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0032079684     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1707     Document Type: Article

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