Crystal structure of a bacterial family-III cellulose-binding domain: A general mechanism for attachment to cellulose

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 5739-5751

  Tormo, José ^a,b   Lamed, Raphael ^c   Chirino, Arthur J ^a   Morag, Ely ^d   Bayer, Edward A ^d   Shoham, Yuval ^e   Steitz, Thomas A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cellulose binding domain (CBD); Cellulosome clostridium thermocellum; Crystal structure; Scaffoldin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM;

EID: 0029955959     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00960.x     Document Type: Article

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