Crystal structure of 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase from the moderate facultative thermophile, Bacillus coagulans: Two strategies for thermostabilization of protein structures

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1092-1104

  Tsuchiya, Daisuke ^a   Sekiguchi, Takeshi ^b   Takenaka, Akio ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b IWAKI MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 isopropylmalate dehydrogenase; Bacillus coagulans; Crystal structure; Thermostability; X ray analysis

Indexed keywords

3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS COAGULANS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031460949     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021867     Document Type: Article

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