The Schiff base complex of yeast 5-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase with laevulinic acid

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1250-1256

  Erskine, Peter T ^a   Newbold, Richard ^b   Roper, Jenny ^b   Coker, Alun ^a   Warren, Martin J ^b   Shoolingin Jordan, Peter M ^a   Wood, Steve P ^a   Cooper, Jon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 aminolaevulinate dehydratase; Inhibitor complex; Laevulinic acid; Mechanism; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

LEVULINIC ACID; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032992237     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.6.1250     Document Type: Article

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