Relief of autoinhibition by conformational switch explains enzyme activation by a catalytically dead paralog

Catalytically inactive enzyme paralogs occur in many genomes. Some regulate their active counterparts but the structural principles of this regulation remain largely unknown. We report X-ray structures of Trypanosoma brucei S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase alone and in functional complex with its...

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Main Authors: Oleg A Volkov, Lisa Kinch, Carson Ariagno, Xiaoyi Deng, Shihua Zhong, Nick Grishin, Diana R Tomchick, Zhe Chen, Margaret A Phillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/20198