Crystal structure of tryptophanase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 603-623

  Isupov, Michail N ^a   Antson, Alfred A ^b   Dodson, Eleanor J ^b   Dodson, G Guy ^b   Dementieva, Irene S ^c   Zakomirdina, Lyudmila N ^c   Wilson, Keith S ^b,d   Dauter, Zbigniew ^b,d   Lebedev, Andrey A ^a   Harutyunyan, Emil H ^a  

^a SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzyme structure; Monovalent cation binding site; Protein crystallography; Pyridoxal 5' phosphate; Tryptophan indole lyase

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOXYLYASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; POTASSIUM ION; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; TRYPTOPHANASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032570641     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1561     Document Type: Article

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