Crystal structure of the β-glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic archeon sulfolobus solfataricus: Resilience as a key factor in thermostability

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 789-802

  Aguilar, Carlos F ^a   Sanderson, Ian ^a   Moracci, Marco ^b   Ciaramella, Maria ^b   Nucci, Roberto ^b   Rossi, Mosé ^b   Pearl, Laurence H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enzyme mechanism; Glycohydrolase; Hyperthermophile; Ion pairs; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE GH-1; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0031554925     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1215     Document Type: Article

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