Escherichia coli cyclopropane fatty acid synthase: Is a bound bicarbonate ion the active-site base?

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 41, 2005, Pages 13583-13590

  Courtois, Fabienne ^a   Ploux, Olivier ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS; PROPANE; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

BICARBONATES; CYCLOPROPANATION; CYCLOPROPANE; METHYLENE;

ENZYMES;

CYCLOPROPANE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BICARBONATES; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 26644465065     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051159x     Document Type: Article

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