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Intein-mediated cyclization of bacterial acyl carrier protein stabilizes its folded conformation but does not abolish function.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 19 Mar 2010
Volkmann Gerrit, Murphy Peter W, Rowland Elden E, Cronan John E, Liu Xiang-Qin, Blouin Christian, Byers David M
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial acyl carrier protein (ACP) is essential for the synthesis of fatty acids and serves as the major acyl donor for the formation of phospholipids and other lipid products. Acyl-ACP encloses attached fatty acyl groups in a hydrophobic pocket within a four-helix bundle, but must at least partially unfold to present the acyl chain to the active sites of its multiple enzyme partners. To further examine the...
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