Amino acid racemases: Functions and mechanisms

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Yoshimura, Tohru ^a   Esaki, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Aspartate racemase; Glutamate racemase; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Racemase; Serine racemase

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLS; ENZYMES; YEAST;

MAMMALIAN BRAINS;

AMINO ACIDS;

ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE RACEMASE; GLUTAMATE RACEMASE; ISOMERASE; RACEMASE; SERINE RACEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0041876085     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(03)90111-3     Document Type: Review

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