Possible Interaction: Potassium and Tyrosine

“Specifically, potassium increases the forward rate constant for tyrosine activation 260-fold in the human tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase.”

“The results indicate that tyrosine and fibroin amino acids significantly increase potassium content in silk fibers and induce the transformation of α-helices and random coils to β-sheet structures, resulting in higher crystallinities and better mechanical properties.”

“ Potassium binding favours a conformational change of tyrosine 96 which increases the affinity of the protein for camphor and fully dehydrates the active site.”