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THE STRUCTURE OF SEROTONIN N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE AT 2.5 A RESOLUTION SUGGESTS A CATALYTIC MECHANISM

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Hickman, A.B., Klein, D.C., Dyda, F. Melatonin biosynthesis: the structure of serotonin N-acetyltransferase at 2.5 A resolution suggests a catalytic mechanism. Mol.Cell v3 pp. 23-32, 1999. RCSB Protein Data Bank

SEROTONIN N-ACETYLTRANFERASE COMPLEXED WITH A BISUBSTRATE ANALOG

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Hickman, A.B., Namboodiri, M.A., Klein, D.C., Dyda, F. The structural basis of ordered substrate binding by serotonin N-acetyltransferase: enzyme complex at 1.8 A resolution with a bisubstrate analog. Cell v97 pp. 361-369, 1999 RCSB Protein Data Bank

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE 14-3-3 ZETA:SEROTONIN N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE COMPLEX

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Obsil, T., Ghirlando, R., Klein, D.C., Ganguly, S., Dyda, F. Crystal structure of the 14-3-3zeta:serotonin N-acetyltransferase complex. a role for scaffolding in enzyme regulation. Cell v105 pp. 257-267, 2001 RCSB Protein Data Bank

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