The use of nucleotide analogs to evaluate the mechanism of the heterotropic response of Escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamoylase

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-63

  Sakash, Jessica B ^a   Tsen, Anita ^a   Kantrowitz, Evan R ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric enzyme; Electrostatic interactions; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033974204     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.1.53     Document Type: Article

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