Two crystal structures of pectin lyase A from Aspergillus reveal a pH driven conformational change and striking divergence in the substrate-binding clefts of pectin and pectate lyases

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 677-689

  Mayans, O ^a   Scott, M ^a   Connerton, I ^a   Gravesen, T ^b   Benen, J ^c   Visser, J ^c   Pickersgill, R ^a   Jenkins, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISCO A S   (Denmark)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

crystal structure; parallel helix; pectin lyase; pH conformational change; substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031570284     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00222-0     Document Type: Article

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