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Crystal structure at 2.8 Å resolution of anabolic ornithine transcarbamylase from Escherichia coli

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The 2.8 Å resolution crystal structure of E. coli ornithine transcarbamylase is presented, the first to be reported for the trimeric, anabolic enzyme.

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Jin, L., Seaton, B. & Head, J. Crystal structure at 2.8 Å resolution of anabolic ornithine transcarbamylase from Escherichia coli. Nat Struct Mol Biol 4, 622–625 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0897-622

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