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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Human liver ornithine carbamoyltransferase undergoes absorbance changes in the UV region upon formation of the carbamoylphosphate-norvaline-enzyme ternary complex. The UV changes are similar in the presence of carbamoylphosphate alone, whilst they are lower in the presence of ornithine or norvaline alone. The extent of the UV changes correlates with the enzyme susceptibility to proteolytic degradation. The free native enzyme is completely and rapidly hydrolyzed by trypsin, whilst it is partially protected upon carbamoylphosphate binding. The extent of protection increases for the carbamoylphosphate-norvaline-enzyme ternary complex. These results strongly suggest that the binding of the first substrate, i.e. carbamoylphosphate, to human ornithine carbamoyltransferase induces a large protein isomerization, which regards the polar domain plus a part of equatorial domain of each subunit.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1039-9712
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
965-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence of carbamoylphosphate induced conformational changes upon binding to human ornithine carbamoyltransferase.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Università di Messina, Italy. adegre@isengard.unime.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't