Carbamate kinase: New structural machinery for making carbamoyl phosphate, the common precursor of pyrimidines and arginine

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 934-940

  Marina, Alberto ^a   Alzari, Pedro M ^b   Bravo, JeroÓnimo ^c   Uriarte, Matxalen ^a   Barcelona, Belén ^a   Fita, Ignacio ^c   Rubio, Vicente ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbamate kinase; Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; Crystal structure; Dimeric enzymes; Phase extension; Selenomethionine substitution; Subunit interface

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBAMATE KINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0032950478     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.4.934     Document Type: Article

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