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Sugar recognition by human galactokinase

BACKGROUND: Galactokinase catalyses the first committed step of galactose catabolism in which the sugar is phosphorylated at the expense of MgATP. Recent structural studies suggest that the enzyme makes several contacts with galactose – five side chain and two main chain hydrogen bonds. Furthermore,...

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Autores principales: Timson, David J, Reece, Richard J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC280648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14596685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-4-16