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Replacement of active-site lysine-239 of thermostable aspartate aminotransferase by S-(2-aminoethyl)cysteine: properties of the mutant enzyme.
Journal of biochemistry - 1 Jan 1994
Matsushima Y, Kim D W, Yoshimura T, Kuramitsu S, Kagamiyama H, Esaki N, Soda K
Abstract excerpt
The active-site lysine residue of thermostable aspartate aminotransferase, Lys-239, to which the cofactor, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), is bound, has been converted to Cys by site-directed mutagenesis. The thiol group of Cys-239 was chemically aminoethylated with ethylenimine. Amino acid analysis of the modified enzyme showed that it contained about 1 mol of S-(2-aminoethyl)cysteine (SAEC) per mol subunit. The...
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