The Mechanism of Autocatalytic Activation of Plant-type L-Asparaginases
Michalska, K., Hernandez-Santoyo, A., Jaskolski, M.(2008) J Biol Chem 283: 13388-13397
- PubMed: 18334484 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M800746200
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3C17 - PubMed Abstract: 
Plant l-asparaginases and their bacterial homologs, such as EcAIII found in Escherichia coli, form a subgroup of the N-terminal nucleophile (Ntn)-hydrolase family. In common with all Ntn-hydrolases, they are expressed as inactive precursors that undergo activation in an autocatalytic manner ...