Crystal structure of carnitine acetyltransferase and implications for the catalytic mechanism and fatty acid transport

Cell

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-122

  Jogl, Gerwald ^a   Tong, Liang ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COENZYME A; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID; HISTIDINE;

BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MURINAE;

EID: 0037428082     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)01228-X     Document Type: Article

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