Identification of formyl kynurenine formamidase and kynurenine aminotransferase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae using crystallographic, bioinformatic and biochemical evidence

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1608-1621

  Wogulis, Mark ^a   Chew, Erin R ^a   Donohoue, Paul D ^a   Wilson, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; PATHOLOGICAL STATES;

BIOINFORMATICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GENES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ALPHA,BETA HYDROLASE; ARYLFORMAMIDASE; FORMIC ACID; FORMYLKYNURENINE; HYDROLASE; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BNA3P; PROTEIN BNA7; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARYLFORMAMIDASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSAMINASES;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 38949191999     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701172v     Document Type: Article

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