Purine nucleotides are competitive inhibitors of apo-GOT1
Narges Pourmandi, Arjun Jha, Kendall Marie Muzzarelli, Hyunsu Lee, Zahra Assar, Gordon J. Murray, Joseph H. LaPointe, Thomas P. Roddy, Giovanna Christinne Rocha de Medeiros, Shomit Sengupta, Costas Andreas Lyssiotis
The paper identifies purine nucleotides as competitive inhibitors of apo-GOT1 by showing they bind to the PLP pocket and destabilize the enzyme in its cofactor-free state.
bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology