Ramaswamy, Sriram and Murthy, MRN (1991) Crystal and molecular structure of putrescine DL- glutamic acid complex. In: Current Science (Bangalore), 61 (6). pp. 410-413.
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Abstract
The polyamines spermine, spermidine, putrescine, cadaverine, etc. have been implicated in a variety of cellular functions. However, details of their mode of interaction with other ubiquitous biomolecules is not known. We have solved a few structures of polyamine-amino acid complexes to understand the nature and mode of their interactions. Here we report the structure of a complex of putrescine with DL-glutamic acid. Comparison of the structure with the structure of putrescine-L-glutamic acid complex reveals the high degree of similarity in the mode of interaction in the two complexes. Despite the presence of a centre of symmetry in the present case, the arrangement of molecules is strikingly similar to the L-glutamic acid complex.
Item Type: | Editorials/Short Communications |
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Publication: | Current Science (Bangalore) |
Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences |
Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences. |
Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit |
Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2010 06:08 |
Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2010 06:08 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/34164 |
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