The crystal structure of phenylpyruvate decarboxylase from Azospirillum brasilense at 1.5 Å resolution: Implications for its catalytic and regulatory mechanism

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2363-2375

  Versées, Wim ^a,b   Spaepen, Stijn ^c   Vanderleyden, Jos ^c   Steyaert, Jan ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allosteric enzyme activation; Enzyme mechanism; Nonoxidative decarboxylation; Protein crystallography; Thiamine diphosphate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOXYLYASE; HISTIDINE; MAGNESIUM ION; PHENYLPYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CARBOXY-LYASES; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE;

EID: 34247336797     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05771.x     Document Type: Article

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