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Neutron structure of the cyclic glucose-bound xylose isomerase E186Q mutant.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography - 1 Feb 2014
Munshi Parthapratim, Snell Edward H, van der Woerd Mark J, Judge Russell A, Myles Dean A A, Ren Zhong, Meilleur Flora
Abstract excerpt
Ketol-isomerases catalyze the reversible isomerization between aldoses and ketoses. D-Xylose isomerase carries out the first reaction in the catabolism of D-xylose, but is also able to convert D-glucose to D-fructose. The first step of the reaction is an enzyme-catalyzed ring opening of the cyclic substrate. The active-site amino-acid acid/base pair involved in ring opening has long been investigated and several...
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