The crystal structure of endoglucanase CelA, a family 8 glycosyl hydrolase from Clostridium thermocellum

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-275

  Alzari, Pedro M ^a   Souchon, Hélène ^a   Dominguez, Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

( )6 barrel; Enzyme mechanism; Glycosidase family 8; Substrate binding; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

CELA ENDOGLUCANASE; CELLULASE; GLYCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; CELLULASE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM;

EID: 0030584665     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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