Mechanism of EC 4.2.1.20
Tryptophan Synthase

The mechanism below rationalizes the reaction mechanism, see:

1. Woehl, E. and Dunn, M.F. Mechanisms of monovalent cation action in enzyme catalysis: the tryptophan synthase α-, β-, and αβ-reactions. Biochemistry 38 (1999) 7131-7141. [PMID: 10353823]

2. Hyde, C.C., Ahmed, S.A., Padlan, E.A., Miles, E.W. and Davies, D.R. Three-dimensional structure of the tryptophan synthase α2β2 multienzyme complex from Salmonella typhimurium. J. Biol. Chem. 263 (1988) 17857-17871. [PMID: 3053720]

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