Crystal structure, catalytic mechanism, and mitogenic properties of Trypanosoma cruzi proline racemase.
Buschiazzo, A., Goytia, M., Schaeffer, F., Degrave, W., Shepard, W., Gregoire, C., Chamond, N., Cosson, A., Berneman, A., Coatnoan, N., Alzari, P.M., Minoprio, P.(2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103: 1705-1710
- PubMed: 16446443 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509010103
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1W61, 1W62 - PubMed Abstract: 
Amino acid racemases catalyze the stereoinversion of the chiral C alpha to produce the d-enantiomers that participate in biological processes, such as cell wall construction in prokaryotes. Within this large protein family, bacterial proline racemases have been extensively studied as a model of enzymes acting with a pyridoxal-phosphate-independent mechanism ...