Modeling based on the structure of vicilins predicts a histidine cluster in the active site of oxalate oxidase

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 488-493

  Gane, Paul J ^a,c   Dunwell, Jim M ^b   Warwicker, Jim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germin; Histidine cluster; Metal binding; Oxalate oxidase; Structural model; Vicilin

Indexed keywords

AVENIN; HISTIDINE; OXALIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; VICILIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031979636     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006329     Document Type: Article

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