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| - | Adenylate Kinase, also known as ADK, is an enzyme | + | Adenylate Kinase, also known as ADK, is an enzyme that facilitates 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== | ||
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Description
Adenylate Kinase, also known as ADK, is an enzyme that facilitates 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
Adenylate kinase is made up of 214 amino acids, and the of the protein can be seen, on the right, in light blue surrounding the non-hydrolysable substrate analogue (red). The of the protein contains 12 alpha helices (yellow) and 7 beta sheets (green). This secondary structure is held together by , which are anti-parallel between the beta sheets.
