The 3-D structure of a folate-dependent dehydrogenase/cyclohydrolase bifunctional enzyme at 1.5 Å resolution

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-182

  Allaire, Marc ^a,b   Li, Yunge ^a,b   MacKenzie, Robert E ^b   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bifunctional; Channeling; Cyclohydrolase; Dehydrogenase; Folate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032520234     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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