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Structures of enzyme-intermediate complexes of yeast Nit2: insights into its catalytic mechanism and different substrate specificity compared with mammalian Nit2.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography - 1 Aug 2013
Liu Hejun, Gao Yongxiang, Zhang Mengying, Qiu Xiaoting, Cooper Arthur J L, Niu Liwen, Teng Maikun
Abstract excerpt
The Nit (nitrilase-like) protein subfamily constitutes branch 10 of the nitrilase superfamily. Nit proteins are widely distributed in nature. Mammals possess two members of the Nit subfamily, namely Nit1 and Nit2. Based on sequence similarity, yeast Nit2 (yNit2) is a homologue of mouse Nit1, a tumour-suppressor protein whose substrate specificity is not yet known. Previous studies have shown that mammalian Nit2...
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