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Essential arginine residues in beef kidney D-aspartate oxidase (a preliminary report)

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Partially purifiedD-aspartate oxidase from beef kidney has been tested in the presence of butanedione or phenylglyoxal, which specifically modify the arginine molecule. The results obtained clearly indicate that arginine residues are involved in the binding of the substrate to the active site of the enzyme.

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  1. Istituto di Chimica Biologica della Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Carlo Crifò & Augusto Rinaldi

  2. I Cattedra di Chimica Biologica della Facoltà di Scienze M.F.N. della Università di Roma, Roma, Italy

    Luigi Santoro & Carlo de Marco

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Crifò, C., Santoro, L., Rinaldi, A. et al. Essential arginine residues in beef kidney D-aspartate oxidase (a preliminary report). Mol Cell Biochem 17, 7–9 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01732548

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