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Tiny enzyme uses context to succeed

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  • Jimin Zheng

    (Jimin Zheng is in the College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.)

  • Zongchao Jia

    (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.)

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How the enzyme diacylglycerol kinase can form membrane anchors and an active site from so few amino-acid residues has long been a mystery. Crystal structures reveal that it gets by with a little help from its friends. See Letter p.521

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  • Jimin Zheng & Zongchao Jia, 2013. "Tiny enzyme uses context to succeed," Nature, Nature, vol. 497(7450), pages 445-446, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:497:y:2013:i:7450:d:10.1038_nature12245
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12245
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