Complete measurement of the pK(a) values of the carboxyl and imidazole groups in Bacillus circulans xylanase

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2667-2670

  Joshi, Manish D ^a   Hedberg, Anders ^a   McIntosh, Lawrence P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspartic acid; Electrostatics; MR; PK( ); Xylanase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOXYL GROUP; IMIDAZOLE; SOLVENT; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACILLUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ASPARTIC ACID; BACILLUS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMIDAZOLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN FOLDING; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 0031283399     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560061224     Document Type: Article

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