Specific inhibition of insect α-amylases: Yellow meal worm α-amylase in complex with the Amaranth α-amylase inhibitor at 2.0 Å resolution

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1079-1088

  Pereira, Pedro José Barbosa ^a   Lozanov, Valentin ^b   Patthy, András ^c   Huber, Robert ^a   Bode, Wolfram ^a   Pongor, Sándor ^b,c   Strobl, Stefan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amaranthus hypochondriacus; Insect amylase inhibitor; Knottin; X ray structure; Yellow meal worm

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITOR COMPLEX; ENZYME STRUCTURE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0006750734     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80175-0     Document Type: Article

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