Some mechanistic enzymologists go over to the protein function side
February 12, 2007, Volume 85, Number 07, pp. 70-74
DUALITY Mandelate racemase (shown) and other members of the enolase superfamily have two domains: a capping domain, which includes residues (cyan) that control substrate specificity, and a barrel domain containing the enzyme's active site (primarily yellow), which includes a magnesium ion (magenta). An inhibitor (green) is bound to the active site.