Common structural elements in the architecture of the cofactor-binding domains in unrelated families of pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzymes

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 250-261

  Denessiouk, Konstantin A ^a,d   Denesyuk, Alexander I ^b,c   Lehtonen, Jukka V ^a,d   Korpela, Timo ^b   Johnson, Mark S ^a,d  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Institute of Engineering Immunology   (Russian Federation)

^d TURKU CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Convergent structural similarities; PLP; Proteins; Pyridoxal phosphate dependent enzymes; Structure alignment

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; ENZYME; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033135465     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990501)35:2<250::AID-PROT10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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