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Homocitrate synthase connects amino acid metabolism to chromatin functions through Esa1 and DNA damage.
Genes & development - 1 Sept 2010
Scott Erin M, Pillus Lorraine
Abstract excerpt
The enzyme homocitrate synthase (HCS) catalyzes the first step in lysine biosynthesis, and early biochemical data placed it in the cytoplasm or mitochondria, where most amino acid synthesis occurs. It was therefore surprising when refined fractionation techniques and specific immunoreagents clearly demonstrated its localization to the nucleus. These observations raised the question of whether HCS had a function...
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