Structural basis for the magnesium-dependent activation of transketolase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Pasquini, M., Fermani, S., Tedesco, D., Sciabolini, C., Crozet, P., Naldi, M., Henri, J., Vothknecht, U., Bertucci, C., Lemaire, S.D., Zaffagnini, M., Francia, F.(2017) Biochim Biophys Acta 1861: 2132-2145
- PubMed: 28552632 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.05.021
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5ND5, 5ND6 - PubMed Abstract: 
In photosynthetic organisms, transketolase (TK) is involved in the Calvin-Benson cycle and participates to the regeneration of ribulose-5-phosphate. Previous studies demonstrated that TK catalysis is strictly dependent on thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) and divalent ions such as Mg 2+ .
Organizational Affiliation: 
Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR8226, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Univ Paris 06, Paris, France.