Crystal structure of Trypanosoma cruzi tyrosine aminotransferase: Substrate specificity is influenced by cofactor binding mode

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2406-2417

  Blankenfeldt, Wulf ^a   Nowicki, Cristina ^b   Montemartini Kalisz, Marisa ^a   Kalisz, Henryk M ^a   Hecht, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Pyridoxal 5' phosphate; Trypanosoma cruzi; Tyrosine aminotransferase; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032696346     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.11.2406     Document Type: Article

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