Relationship between the catalytic sites of human bifunctional IMP synthase

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 933-942

  Szabados, Eve ^a   Christopherson, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; IMP synthase; Inhibitors; Purines; Substrate channelling

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; INOSINE PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; PHOSPHORIBOSYLAMINOIMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE FORMYLTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYL AND FORMYL TRANSFERASES; KINETICS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NUCLEOTIDE DEAMINASES; PURINES; RIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0032145551     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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