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SUBMITTER: Dauter M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3225179 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dauter Miroslawa M Dauter Zbigniew Z
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography 20111118 Pt 12
Many different proteins utilize the chemical energy provided by the cofactor adenosine triphosphate (ATP) for their proper function. A number of structures in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) contain adenosine 5'-(β,γ-imido)triphosphate (AMPPNP), a nonhydrolysable analog of ATP in which the bridging O atom between the two terminal phosphate groups is substituted by the imido function. Under mild conditions imides do not have acidic properties and thus the imide nitrogen should be protonated. However, ...[more]