Triose Phosphate Isomerase: Difference between revisions
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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>, | |||
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 | |||
[[Image:TPI mechanism.jpg]] | [[Image:TPI mechanism.jpg]] |