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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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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 |