Perforation of the Tunnel Wall in Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase Derails the Passage of Ammonia between Sequential Active Sites

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5334-5340

  Kim, Jungwook ^a   Raushel, Frank M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

MOLECULAR DAMAGE; PROTONATION; TUNNEL WALL;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ALANINE; AMMONIA; ARGININE; BINDING SITES; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); CARBAMYL PHOSPHATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMINE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2442536096     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi049945+     Document Type: Article

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