Inversion of allosteric effect of arginine on N-acetylglutamate synthase, a molecular marker for evolution of tetrapods

BMC Biochemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Haskins, Nantaporn ^a   Panglao, Maria ^a,b   Qu, Qiuhao ^a,c   Majumdar, Himani ^a   Cabrera Luque, Juan ^a   Morizono, Hiroki ^a   Tuchman, Mendel ^a   Caldovic, Ljubica ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMYLPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE III; GLUTAMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; NEUROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; ACETYLGLUTAMATE KINASE; AMINO ACID ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ADAPTATION; ALLOSTERISM; AMPHIBIA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH; FROG; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; UREA CYCLE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO-ACID N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR);

EID: 53849106140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-9-24     Document Type: Article

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