Enzymes of the last steps of chlorophyll biosynthesis: Modification of the substrate structure helps to understand the topology of the active centers

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 10864-10872

  Rüdiger, Wolfhart ^a   Böhm, Stephan ^a   Helfrich, Michael ^a   Schulz, Stephanie ^a   Schoch, Siegrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; REDUCTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SUBSTRATES;

BENZYLAMIDE; CHLOROPHYLLIDE; DIMETHYL ESTER; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES;

ENZYMES;

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL SYNTHASE; CHLOROPHYLLIDE; HERBICIDE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESTERIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHLOROPHYLL; HERBICIDES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23844488456     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0504198     Document Type: Article

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