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Visualization of PLP-bound intermediates in hemeless variants of human cystathionine beta-synthase: evidence that lysine 119 is a general base.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 15 Jul 2004
Evande Ruby, Ojha Sunil, Banerjee Ruma
Abstract excerpt
Cystathionine beta-synthase catalyzes the condensation of serine and homocysteine to give cystathionine in a pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent reaction. The human enzyme contains a single heme per monomer that is bound in an N-terminal 69 amino acid extension that is missing from the otherwise highly homologous yeast enzyme. The heme dominates the UV-visible spectrum and obscures kinetic characterization of the...
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