Lactate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima: The crystal structure at 2.1 Å resolution reveals strategies for intrinsic protein stabilization

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 769-781

  Auerbach, Günter ^a   Ostendorp, Ralf ^b,c   Prade, Lars ^a,d   Korndörfer, Ingo ^a,e   Dams, Thomas ^b   Huber, Robert ^a   Jaenicke, Rainer ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Hyperthermophile; Lactate dehydrogenase; Protein stability; Thermotoga maritima

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0032526414     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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