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Kinetic properties of polymorphic variants and pathogenic mutants in human cystathionine gamma-lyase.
Biochemistry - 10 Jun 2008
Zhu Weidong, Lin Alexander, Banerjee Ruma
Abstract excerpt
Human cystathionine-gamma-lyase (CGL) is a pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme, which functions in the transsulfuration pathway that converts homocysteine to cysteine. In addition, CGL is one of two major enzymes that can catalyze the formation of hydrogen sulfide, an important gaseous signaling molecule. Recently, several mutations in CGL have been described in patients with cystathioninuria, a rare...
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