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=== Acid Base Catalysis ===
=== Acid Base Catalysis ===
TPI carries out the isomerization reaction through acid base chemistry involving two residues <scene name='Triose_Phosphate_Isomerase/residues/1'>acid base</scene>,


<scene name='Triose_Phosphate_Isomerase/Acid-base_residues/1'>acid base</scene>
Glutamate 165 plays the role of the general acid-base catalyst in a proton abstraction mechanism as it abstracts a proton from carbon 1, which then donates it to carbon 2. Glutamate 165 requires Histidine 95, the general acid
 
Glutamate 165 plays the role of the general acid-base catalyst in a proton abstraction mechanism as it abstractluts a proton from carebon 1, which then donates it to carbon 2. Glutamate 165 requires Histidine 95, the general acid


[[Image:TPI mechanism.jpg]]
[[Image:TPI mechanism.jpg]]

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