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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Adenylate Kinase is a | Adenylate Kinase, also known as ADK, is an enzyme facilitating the phosphate exchange reaction, 2 ADP <-> ATP + AMP. This is a very important reaction in cell life involved with energy transfer, metabolism, and signaling. | ||
==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
Adenylate kinase is made up of 214 amino acids, and the <scene name='Sandbox_50/Ak_backbone/1'>backbone</scene> of the protein can be seen, on the right, in light blue surrounding the non-hydrolysable substrate analogue (red). | |||
The <scene name='Sandbox_50/Ak_secondary_structure/1'>secondary_structure</scene> of the protein contains 12 alpha helices (yellow) and 7 beta sheets (green). This secondary structure is held together | The <scene name='Sandbox_50/Ak_secondary_structure/1'>secondary_structure</scene> of the protein contains 12 alpha helices (yellow) and 7 beta sheets (green). This secondary structure is held together by <scene name='Sandbox_50/Ak_hydrogen_bonds/1'>hydrogen_bonds</scene>, which are anti-parallel between the beta sheets. | ||
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DescriptionAdenylate Kinase, also known as ADK, is an enzyme facilitating the phosphate exchange reaction, 2 ADP <-> ATP + AMP. This is a very important reaction in cell life involved with energy transfer, metabolism, and signaling. StructureAdenylate kinase is made up of 214 amino acids, and the backbone of the protein can be seen, on the right, in light blue surrounding the non-hydrolysable substrate analogue (red). The secondary_structure of the protein contains 12 alpha helices (yellow) and 7 beta sheets (green). This secondary structure is held together by hydrogen_bonds, which are anti-parallel between the beta sheets.
hydrophobic_residues hydrophilic_residues water water2 ligand ligand2 catalytic_residues solvent1 solvent2 water3 water4 water5 hydrophilic1 ligand1 ligand3 |
