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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2017

Structural analyses of human thymidylate synthase reveal a site that may control conformational switching between active and inactive states.

Dan Chen, Anna Jansson, Daniel Sim, Andreas Larsson, Pär Nordlund

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dan ChenFrom the School of Biological Sciences, Lab 07-02 and.
Anna JanssonFrom the School of Biological Sciences, Lab 07-02 and.
Daniel SimLab 07-01, Nanyang Technological University, 61 Biopolis Drive (Proteos), Singapore 138673.
Andreas LarssonFrom the School of Biological Sciences, Lab 07-02 and andreas.larsson@ntu.edu.sg.
Pär NordlundFrom the School of Biological Sciences, Lab 07-02 and PNORDLUND@ntu.edu.sg.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thymidylate synthase (TS) is the sole enzyme responsible for

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Models, MolecularAllosteric SiteAmino Acid SubstitutionBinding SitesCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayDeoxyuracil NucleotidesDimerizationEnzyme ActivationEnzyme StabilityFolic Acid AntagonistsHumansLigandsMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationPeptide Fragments2'-deoxyuridylic acidDeoxyuracil NucleotidesFolic Acid AntagonistsLigandsnolatrexedPeptide FragmentsQuinazolinesraltitrexedRecombinant ProteinsThiophenesThymidylate SynthaseTYMS protein, humanantifolateconformational changecrystallographyDNA synthesisdrug resistancenucleotidethymidylate synthase

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PMID28634233
PMCPMC5555203

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