The N-glycosidase mechanism of ribosome-inactivating proteins implied by crystal structures of alpha-momorcharin.
Ren, J., Wang, Y., Dong, Y., Stuart, D.I.(1994) Structure 2: 7-16
- PubMed: 8075985 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(00)00004-6
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1AHA, 1AHB, 1AHC - PubMed Abstract: 
alpha-Momorcharin (alpha MMC) is a type I ribosome-inactivating protein. It inhibits protein synthesis by hydrolytically removing a specific adenine residue from a highly conserved, single-stranded loop of rRNA.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, UK.