T-state active site of aspartate transcarbamylase: Crystal structure of the carbamyl phosphate and L-alanosine ligated enzyme

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 346-352

  Huang, Jingwei ^a   Lipscomb, William N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALANOSINE; ATCASE; CARBAMYL PHOSPHATE; CARBAMYLATION OF ASPARTATE; L-ALANOSINE LIGATED ENZYME;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALANOSINE; ALANOSINE LIGATED ENZYME; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALANINE; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; BINDING SITES; CARBAMYL PHOSPHATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGANDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 30744455480     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051543u     Document Type: Article

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