Aspartate-27 and glutamate-473 are involved in catalysis by Zymomonas mobilis pyruvate decarboxylase
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Aspartate-27 and glutamate-473 are involved in catalysis by Zymomonas mobilis pyruvate decarboxylase.
Zymomonas mobilis pyruvate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1) was subjected to site-directed mutagenesis at two acidic residues near the thiamin diphosphate cofactor in the active site. Asp-27 was changed to Glu or Asn, and Glu-473 was mutated to Asp (E473D) or Gln (E473Q). Each mutant protein was purified to near-homogeneity, and the kinetic and cofactor-binding properties were compared with those of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0264-6021
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3390255