Structures and function of the amino acid polymerase cyanophycin synthetase
August 12th, 2021 by Itai Sharon
Nature Chemical Biology, Published online: 12 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41589-021-00854-y
Structures of three cyanophycin synthetases reveal how the constituent glutathione synthetase and muramyl ligase-like domains cooperate to make cyanophycin, a poly-aspartate chain with arginine residues attached to the sidechains by isopeptide bonds.