Catalytic competence of O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase in the crystal probed by polarized absorption microspectrophotometry

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-146

  Mozzarelli, Andrea ^a   Bettati, Stefano ^a   Pucci, Anna Maria ^b   Burkhard, Peter ^c   Cook, Paul F ^d  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline protein; Enzyme catalysis; Pyridoxal 5' phosphate; Structure function relationship; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; SCHIFF BASE; SERINE; SODIUM AZIDE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME MECHANISM; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032538283     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2038     Document Type: Article

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