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The role of the active site glutamate in the rearrangement of glutamate to 3-methylaspartate catalyzed by adenosylcobalamin-dependent glutamate mutase.
Chemistry & biology - 1 Dec 2001
Madhavapeddi P, Marsh E N
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BACKGROUND: Adenosylcobalamin (coenzyme B(12))-dependent enzymes catalyze a variety of chemically difficult reactions that proceed through the generation of free radical intermediates. A long-standing question is how proteins stabilize what are normally regarded as highly reactive organic radicals and direct them towards productive reactions. In glutamate mutase the carboxylate of Glu171 hydrogen bonds with the...
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