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Abstract
The sensitivity to regulation of proteins undergoing covalent modification can be greatly increased when the substrates saturate the converter enzymes. This phenomenon, termed zero-order ultrasensitivity, has been found to occur in the reversible phosphorylation of isocitrate dehydrogenase. The possibility that this enhanced sensitivity is a common feature of covalent regulatory systems is discussed.Mesh:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6312317 DOI: 10.1038/305286a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962