Crystal structure of GABA-aminotransferase, a target for antiepileptic drug therapy

Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 8628-8634

  Storici, Paola ^b   Capitani, Guido ^a,b   De Biase, Daniela ^c   Moser, Markus ^b   John, Robert A ^d   Jansonius, Johan N ^b   Schirmer, Tilman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLUTIONS; SWINE; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0033529338     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi990478j     Document Type: Article

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