Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase: A tunnel runs through it

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 679-685

  Holden, Hazel M ^a   Thoden, James B ^a   Raushel, Frank M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032425967     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80086-9     Document Type: Article

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