X-ray studies on the mechanism of IPNS using substrate analogs

Long AJ, Clifton IJ, Roach PL, Schofield CJ, Baldwin JE, Hajdu J

The substrate analog L-S-(a-aminoadipoyl)-L-cysteinyl-glycine (ACG) was co-crystallised with isopenicillin N synthase using the hanging-drop vapourdiffusion method in an anaerobic environment. ' X-ray crystallography revealed a different mode of binding for ACG compared to the natural substrate, L-8-(