Acetohydroxyacid synthase and its role in the biosynthetic pathway for branched-chain amino acids

Amino Acids

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-210

  McCourt, J A ^a   Duggleby, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetohydroxyacid synthase; Acetolactate synthase; Branched chain amino acids; Flavin adenine dinucleotide; Herbicide; Inhibitor; Mechanism; Protein structure; Thiamin diphosphate

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDROXYACID DEHYDRATASE; 2 ISOPROPYLMALATE SYNTHASE; 3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDRATASE; 3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HERBICIDE; HYDROLYASE; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FUNGUS; MICROORGANISM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 33747135959     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-005-0297-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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