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Characterization of the S289A,D mutants of yeast cystathionine beta-synthase.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jun 2009
Quazi Faraz, Aitken Susan M
Abstract excerpt
Cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) catalyzes the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent condensation of l-serine and l-homocysteine to form l-cystathionine in the first step of the reverse transsulfuration pathway. Residue S289 of yeast CBS, predicted to form a hydrogen bond with the pyridine nitrogen of the PLP cofactor, was mutated to alanine and aspartate. The k(cat)/K(m)(l-Ser) of the S289A mutant is reduced...
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