... D and E + F), (b) a few hydrogenbonds, and a hydrophobic interaction between A + C,B + E and D + F, and (c) electrostatic forces in thecentral channel of the hexamer between B, C and F, and ... water molecule fix-ing the three lysines from the B, C and F subunits, and there is no direct interaction between subunits A and F, B and D, or C and E.A phosphate ion was found in the donor site ... The mutant enzymes, F133N and F133A, were expressed, purified and characterized.With 1 mm UMP and ATP as substrates, the activitiesof F133N and F133A were only 50 and 20% of thatof the wild-type...