Structural Investigation of Cold Activity and Regulation of Aspartate Carbamoyltransferase from the Extreme Psychrophilic Bacterium Moritella profunda

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 379-395

  De Vos, Dirk ^a   Xu, Ying ^b   Hulpiau, Paco ^a   Vergauwen, Bjorn ^a   Van Beeumen, Jozef J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

allosteric regulation; aspartate carbamoyltransferase; cold adaptation; crystal structure; Moritella profunda

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; COLD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORITELLA; MORITELLA PROFUNDA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORITELLA PROFUNDA;

EID: 33751502199     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.064     Document Type: Article

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