Substrate specificity and structure of human aminoadipate aminotransferase/kynurenine aminotransferase ii

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-215

  Han, Qian ^a   Cai, Tao ^b   Tagle, Danilo A ^c   Robinson, Howard ^d   Li, Jianyong ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoadipic acid; Crystal structure; Kynurenic acid (KYNA); Kynurenine; Kynurenine aminotransferase(KAT); Neurodegenerative disease

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ALPHA-KETOGLUTARIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE OXOGLUTARATE TRANSAMINASE; KYNURENINE-OXOGLUTARATE TRANSAMINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS; HUMANS; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; KINETICS; KYNURENIC ACID; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 57049172633     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20080085     Document Type: Article

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