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The role of intersubunit interactions for the stabilization of the T state of Escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamoylase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 20 Dec 2002
Chan Robin S, Sakash Jessica B, Macol Christine P, West Jay M, Tsuruta Hiro, Kantrowitz Evan R
Abstract excerpt
Homotropic cooperativity in Escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamoylase results from the substrate-induced transition from the T to the R state. These two alternate states are stabilized by a series of interdomain and intersubunit interactions. The salt link between Lys-143 of the regulatory chain and Asp-236 of the catalytic chain is only observed in the T state. When Asp-236 is replaced by alanine the...
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