Catalytic mechanism of fungal homoserine transacetylase

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 41, 2005, Pages 13560-13566

  Nazi, Ishac ^a   Wright, Gerard D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; CATALYSIS; COENZYMES; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGI; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM;

CATALYTIC MECHANISM; HYDROXYL GROUPS; MUTANTS; TRANSACETYLASE;

ENZYMES;

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GENOMIC DNA; HOMOSERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STEADY STATE; YEAST;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; CATALYSIS; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 26644439533     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0514764     Document Type: Article

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