Crystal structure of human recombinant ornithine aminotransferase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-102

  Shen, Betty W ^a,b   Hennig, Michael ^a   Hohenester, Erhard ^a   Jansonius, Johan N ^a   Schirmer, Tilman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CT 06520 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gyrate atrophy; Phase extension; PLP enzyme; Point mutations; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RETINA GYRATE ATROPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0032549664     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1583     Document Type: Article

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