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SUBMITTER: Morris VK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2280004 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 20040901 9
Phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase (PPAT) catalyzes the penultimate step in prokaryotic coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis, directing the transfer of an adenylyl group from ATP to 4'-phosphopantetheine (Ppant) to yield dephospho-CoA (dPCoA). The crystal structures of Escherichia coli PPAT bound to its substrates, product, and inhibitor revealed an allosteric hexameric enzyme with half-of-sites reactivity, and established an in-line displacement catalytic mechanism. To provide insight into the mec ...[more]