Metal insertion into the molybdenum cofactor: Product-substrate channelling demonstrates the functional origin of domain fusion in gephyrin

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 450, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-157

  Belaidi, Abdel A ^a   Schwarz, Guenter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Domain fusion; Gephyrin; Molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis; Molybdenum insertion; Product substrate channelling

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GEPHYRIN; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR; MOLYBDIC ACID; MOLYBDOPTERIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; APOPROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOPROTEINS; MOLYBDENUM; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PTERIDINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84873031594     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20121078     Document Type: Article

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