Crystal structures and inhibitor binding in the octameric flavoenzyme vanillyl-alcohol oxidase: The shape of the active-site cavity controls substrate specificity

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 907-920

  Mattevi, Andrea ^a   Fraaije, Marco W ^b   Mozzarelli, Andrea ^c   Olivi, Luca ^d   Coda, Alessandro ^a   Van Berkel, Willem J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Cavity; FAD; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIUM SIMPLICISSIMUM;

EID: 0031571090     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00245-1     Document Type: Article

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