New evidence for cofactor's amino group function in thiamin catalysis by transketolase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 366, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 692-697

  Meshalkina, Ludmilla E ^a   Kochetov, German A ^a   Brauer, Johanna ^b   Hübner, Gerhard ^b   Tittmann, Kai ^b   Golbik, Ralph ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1H NMR; Circular dichroism Spectroscopy; Intermediates; Thiamin diphosphate analogues; Transketolase

Indexed keywords

2 (1,2 DIHYDROXYETHYL) 4' MONOMETHYLAMINOTHIAMIN DIPHOSPHATE; AMINE; ENAMINE; ENZYME; THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME MECHANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ISOENZYMES; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 37648999314     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.180     Document Type: Article

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