Strain relief at the active site of phosphoserine aminotransferase induced by radiation damage

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1498-1507

  Dubnovitsky, Anatoly P ^a,d   Ravelli, Raimond B G ^b   Popov, Alexander N ^c   Papageorgiou, Anastassios C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e TURKU CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Phosphoserine aminotransferase; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Radiation damage; Schiff base

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; PHOSPHOSERINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMICAL BOND; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GEOMETRY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION INJURY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LYSINE; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; SCHIFF BASES; TRANSAMINASES;

BACILLUS ALCALOPHILUS;

EID: 22444440389     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051397905     Document Type: Article

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