A quaternary mechanism enables the complex biological functions of octameric human UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, a key enzyme in cell metabolism.

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Published in Sci Rep on April 10, 2015

Authors

Jana Indra Führing1, Johannes Thomas Cramer1, Julia Schneider1, Petra Baruch2, Rita Gerardy-Schahn1, Roman Fedorov3

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Cellular Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
2: Research Division for Structural Analysis, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
3: 1] Research Division for Structural Analysis, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany [2] Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.

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