Isomerase

Known as: EC 5, Isomerases, Isomerases [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A class of enzymes that catalyze geometric or structural changes within a molecule to form a single product. The reactions do not involve a net… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Human gene therapy for RPE65 isomerase deficiency activates the retinoid cycle of vision but with slow rod kinetics.
The RPE65 gene encodes the isomerase of the retinoid cycle, the enzymatic pathway that underlies mammalian vision. Mutations in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Disulphide-isomerase-enabled shedding of tumour-associated NKG2D ligands
Tumour-associated ligands of the activating NKG2D (natural killer group 2, member D; also called KLRK1) receptor—which are… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Human cone photoreceptor dependence on RPE65 isomerase.
The visual (retinoid) cycle, the enzymatic pathway that regenerates chromophore after light absorption, is located primarily in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Rpe65 Is the Retinoid Isomerase in Bovine Retinal Pigment Epithelium
The first event in light perception is absorption of a photon by an opsin pigment, which induces isomerization of its 11-cis… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cloning of tangerine from tomato reveals a carotenoid isomerase essential for the production of beta-carotene and xanthophylls in plants.
Carotenoid biosynthesis in plants has been described at the molecular level for most of the biochemical steps in the pathway… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Protein Disulfide Isomerase Acts as a Redox-Dependent Chaperone to Unfold Cholera Toxin
Cholera toxin is assembled from two subunits in the periplasm of Vibrio cholerae and disassembled in the analogous compartment of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Overexpression of petunia chalcone isomerase in tomato results in fruit containing increased levels of flavonols
Tomatoes are an excellent source of the carotenoid lycopene, a compound that is thought to be protective against prostate cancer… (More)
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Review
1999
Review
1999
The protein disulphide-isomerase family: unravelling a string of folds.
The mammalian protein disulphide-isomerase (PDI) family encompasses several highly divergent proteins that are involved in the… (More)
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Review
1996
Review
1996
Molecular and industrial aspects of glucose isomerase.
Glucose isomerase (GI) (D-xylose ketol-isomerase; EC. 5.3.1.5) catalyzes the reversible isomerization of D-glucose and D-xylose… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase is the cyclosporin A-binding protein cyclophilin
Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) catalyses the cis-trans isomerization of proline imidic peptide bonds in… (More)
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