A new proposal for urease mechanism based on the crystal structures of the native and inhibited enzyme from Bacillus pasteurii: Why urea hydrolysis costs two nickels

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-216

  Benini, Stefano ^a   Rypniewski, Wojciech R ^a   Wilson, Keith S ^b   Miletti, Silvia ^c   Ciurli, Stefano ^c   Mangani, Stefano ^d  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacillus pasteurii; Diamidophosphate; Phenylphosphorodiamidate; Urease; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

UREA; UREASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033081891     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80026-4     Document Type: Article

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