Article
Zn2+ regulation of ornithine transcarbamoylase. II. Metal binding site.
Journal of molecular biology - 5 Jan 1990
Kuo L C, Caron C, Lee S, Herzberg W
Abstract excerpt
Two types of conformational changes are mediated in Escherichia coli ornithine transcarbamoylase by the metal ion zinc. Upon binding of zinc in rapid equilibrium, the enzyme undergoes an allosteric transition. In the absence of substrates, the zinc-bound enzyme further undergoes a slow isomerizat...
Topics
- Binding Sites
- Cloning, Molecular
- Escherichia coli
- Genes, Bacterial
- Kinetics
- Mutation
- Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase
- Valine
- Zinc
