Two (betaalpha)(8)-barrel enzymes of histidine and tryptophan biosynthesis have similar reaction mechanisms and common strategies for protecting their labile substrates.

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The enzymes N'-[(5'-phosphoribosyl)formimino]-5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide isomerase (HisA) and phosphoribosylanthranilate isomerase (TrpF) are sugar isomerases that are involved in histidine and tryptophan biosynthesis, respectively. Both enzymes have the (betaalpha)(8)-barrel fold and catalyze Amadori rearrangements of a thermolabile aminoaldose into the corresponding aminoketose. To identify...

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