Evidence of a molecular tunnel connecting the active sites for Co2 reduction and acetyl-CoA synthesis in acetyl-CoA synthase from Clostridium thermoaceticum [2]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 39, 1999, Pages 9221-9222

  Maynard, Ernest L ^a   Lindahl, Paul A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032864316     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja992120g     Document Type: Letter

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