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Mechanism of Pyruvate Carboxylase Formation from the Apo-Enzyme and Biotin in a Thermophilic Bacillus

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Pyruvate carboxylase is formed by enzyme-catalysed attachment of biotin to an inactive protein precursor. Acetyl-CoA and aspartate allosterically influence this reaction.

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    J. J. CAZZULO, T. K. SUNDARAM & H. L. KORNBERG

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CAZZULO, J., SUNDARAM, T. & KORNBERG, H. Mechanism of Pyruvate Carboxylase Formation from the Apo-Enzyme and Biotin in a Thermophilic Bacillus. Nature 227, 1103–1105 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2271103a0

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