Crystallographic observation of a covalent catalytic intermediate in a β-glycosidase

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-154

  White, André ^a   Tull, Dedreia ^b   Johns, Kathy ^a   Withers, Stephen G ^b   Rose, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; GLUCOSIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS RODS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 0030052194     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0296-149     Document Type: Article

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