A cooperative escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamoylase without regulatory subunits

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 7694-7703

  Mendes, Kimberly R ^a   Kantrowitz, Evan R ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; ASPARTATES; BINDING EVENTS; CATALYTIC SUBUNITS; COVALENT LINKAGE; DISULFIDE BONDS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; HOMOTROPIC COOPERATIVITY; INCREASED FLEXIBILITY; KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION; REGULATORY SUBUNITS; STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS; VERTICAL SEPARATION; WILD TYPES; WILD-TYPE ENZYMES; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; DIMERS; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; DISULFIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DISULFIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77956139524     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi1010333     Document Type: Article

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