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Kinetic and structural characterization of urease active site variants.
Biochemistry - 25 Jul 2000
Pearson M A, Park I S, Schaller R A, Michel L O, Karplus P A, Hausinger R P
Abstract excerpt
Klebsiella aerogenes urease uses a dinuclear nickel active site to catalyze urea hydrolysis at >10(14)-fold the spontaneous rate. To better define the enzyme mechanism, we examined the kinetics and structures for a suite of site-directed variants involving four residues at the active site: His320, His219, Asp221, and Arg336. Compared to wild-type urease, the H320A, H320N, and H320Q variants exhibit similar...
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