Importance of van der Waals contact between Glu 35 and Trp 109 to the catalytic action of human lysozyme

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 473-476

  Muraki, Michiro ^a   Goda, Shuichiro ^a   Nagahora, Hitoshi ^a   Harata, Kazuaki ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

active site geometry; human lysozyme; kinetic analysis; site directed mutagenesis; van der Waals contact; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSOZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031042763     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060227     Document Type: Article

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