Structure, Assembly, and Mechanism of a PLP-Dependent Dodecameric l-Aspartate beta-Decarboxylase
Chen, H.-J., Ko, T.-P., Lee, C.-Y., Wang, N.-C., Wang, A.H.-J.(2009) Structure 17: 517-529
- PubMed: 19368885 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2009.02.013
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2ZY2, 2ZY3, 2ZY4, 2ZY5 - PubMed Abstract: 
The type-I PLP enzyme l-aspartate beta-decarboxylase converts aspartate to alanine and CO(2). Similar to the homodimeric aminotransferases, its protein subunit comprises a large and a small domain, of 410 and 120 residues, respectively. The crystal structure reveals a dodecamer made of six identical dimers arranged in a truncated tetrahedron whose assembly involves tetramer and hexamer as intermediates ...