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Conformational changes in orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase: "remote" residues that stabilize the active conformation.
Biochemistry - 4 May 2010
Wood B McKay, Amyes Tina L, Fedorov Alexander A, Fedorov Elena V, Shabila Andrew, Almo Steven C, Richard John P, Gerlt John A
Abstract excerpt
The structural factors responsible for the extraordinary rate enhancement ( approximately 10(17)) of the reaction catalyzed by orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase (OMPDC) have not been defined. Catalysis requires a conformational change that closes an active site loop and "clamps" the orotate base proximal to hydrogen-bonded networks that destabilize the substrate and stabilize the intermediate. In the OMPDC...
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