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L-Methionine γ-Lyase: Its Essential Cysteine Residues

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L-Methionine γ-lyase is composed of four identical polypeptide chains, and contains 4 cysteinyl residues per subunit. One of them is catalytically essential, and the amino acid sequence around it was determined.

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  1. Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto-Fu, 611, Japan

    N. Esaki, T. Nakayama, H. Tanaka & K. Soda

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, SF-20500, Turku, Finland

    Timo K. Korpela

  2. Biochemisches Institut, der Universität Zürich, CH-8057, Zürich, Switzerland

    Philipp Christen

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Esaki, N., Nakayama, T., Tanaka, H., Soda, K. (1987). L-Methionine γ-Lyase: Its Essential Cysteine Residues. In: Korpela, T.K., Christen, P. (eds) Biochemistry of Vitamin B6 . Birkhäuser Congress Reports. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9308-4_41

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