The narrow substrate specificity of human tyrosine aminotransferase - The enzyme deficient in tyrosinemia type II

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1920-1929

  Sivaraman, Sharada ^a   Kirsch, Jack F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human aminotransferase; Phenylketonuria; Substrate specificity; Tyrosinemia

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROPHENYLPYRUVATE; IMINE; PYRUVIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSAMINATION; TYROSINEMIA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CATALYSIS; HUMANS; IMINES; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE TRANSAMINASE; TYROSINEMIAS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646232966     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05202.x     Document Type: Article

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