The crystal structure of methylglyoxal synthase from Escherichia coli

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-317

  Saadat, Dana ^a   Harrison, David Ht ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric mechanism; Convergent evolution; Crystal structure; Glycolytic bypass; Methylglyoxal synthase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; HISTIDINE; METHYLGLYOXAL; METHYLGLYOXAL SYNTHETASE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0033104008     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80041-0     Document Type: Article

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