Glutamate syntliase: A fascinating pathway from L-glutamine to L-glutamate

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 669-681

  Van Den Heuvel, R H H ^a,b   Curti, B ^c   Vanoni, M A ^c   Mattevi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonia tunnel; Crystal structure; Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; Glutamate synthase; Glutamine dependent amidotransferase; Multicomponent enzyme; Substrate channeling

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; AMMONIA; FERREDOXIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TRANSFERASE; LIGAND;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 1842610703     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3316-0     Document Type: Review

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