Choline acetyltransferase structure reveals distribution of mutations that cause motor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2047-2058

  Cai, Yiying ^a   Cronin, Ciarán N ^b   Engel, Andrew G ^c   Ohno, Kinji ^c   Hersh, Louis B ^a   Rodgers, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Takeda San Diego Inc   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetyltransferase; Cholinergic; Crystal structure; Myasthenic syndrome; Neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COENZYME A; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 2942597469     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600221     Document Type: Article

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