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The carboligation reaction of acetohydroxyacid synthase II: steady-state intermediate distributions in wild type and mutants by NMR.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Jan 2005
Tittmann Kai, Vyazmensky Maria, Hübner Gerhard, Barak Ze'ev, Chipman David M
Abstract excerpt
The thiamin diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzyme acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) catalyzes the first common step in branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis. By specific ligation of pyruvate with the alternative acceptor substrates 2-ketobutyrate and pyruvate, AHAS controls the flux through this branch point and determines the relative rates of synthesis of isoleucine, valine, and leucine, respectively. We used...
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