Structural, kinetic and computational investigation of Vitis vinifera DHDPS reveals new insight into the mechanism of lysine-mediated allosteric inhibition

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 431-446

  Atkinson, Sarah C ^a,b   Dogovski, Con ^a   Downton, Matthew T ^c   Czabotar, Peter E ^d   Dobson, Renwick C J ^b,e   Gerrard, Juliet A ^e,f   Wagner, John ^c   Perugini, Matthew A ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c IBM Australia   (Australia)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^f CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allostery; Analytical ultracentrifugation; Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Dihydrodipicolinate synthase; Enzyme; Grapevine; Lysine biosynthesis; Molecular dynamics simulations; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 84874301737     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0014-7     Document Type: Article

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