Steady-state kinetics of the glutaminase reaction of CTP synthase from Lactococcus lactis: The role of the allosteric activator GTP in coupling between glutamine hydrolysis and CTP synthesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4772-4779

  Willemoës, Martin ^a   Sigurskjold, Bent W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allosteric regulation; CTP synthase; Glutaminase activity; Isothermal titration calorimetry; Lactococcus lactis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTAMINASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; SYNTHETASE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION; SYNTHESIS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; CALORIMETRY; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036401414     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03175.x     Document Type: Article

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