Mechanism of Substrate Recognition and PLP-induced Conformational Changes in LL-Diaminopimelate Aminotransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 384, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1314-1329

  Watanabe, Nobuhiko ^a   Clay, Matthew D ^a   van Belkum, Marco J ^a   Cherney, Maia M ^a   Vederas, John C ^a   James, Michael N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aminotransferase; Arabidopsis thaliana; diaminopimelate; lysine biosynthesis in plants; pyridoxal 5 phosphate, external aldimine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 56949095631     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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