Allosteric regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa catabolic ornithine carbamoyltransferase revisited: Association of concerted homotropic cooperative interactions and local heterotropic effects

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 695-704

  Tricot, C ^a   Villeret, V ^a   Sainz, G ^b   Dideberg, O ^b   Stalon, V ^a,c  

^a Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J M Wiame   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allostery; Co operativity; Ornithine carbamoyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; CITRULLINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; SPERMIDINE;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032582483     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2133     Document Type: Article

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