Conformational changes in ammonia-channeling glutamine amidotransferases

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 653-664

  Mouilleron, Stéphane ^a   Golinelli Pimpaneau, Béatrice ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE PHENYLPYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMMONIA FORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMMONIA; ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITROGENOUS GROUP TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 36549013217     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.09.003     Document Type: Review

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