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Structural Studies of FlaA1 from Helicobacter pylori Reveal the Mechanism for Inverting 4,6-Dehydratase Activity
2 May 2006
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FlaA1 from the human pathogen Helicobacter pylori is an enzyme involved in saccharide biosynthesis that has been shown to be essential for pathogenicity. Here we present five crystal structures of FlaA1 in the presence of substrate, inhibitors, and bound cofactor, with resolutions ranging from 2.8 to 1.9 A. These structures reveal that the enzyme is a novel member of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase...
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