Analysis of the critical sites for protein thermostabilization by proline substitution in oligo-1,6-glucosidase from Bacillus coagulans ATCC 7050 and the evolutionary consideration of proline residues

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2066-2073

  Watanabe, Kunihiko ^a   Kitamura, Kazuhisa ^a   Suzuki, Yuzuru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGO 1,6 GLUCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029890431     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.2066-2073.1996     Document Type: Article

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