Structures of the psychrophilic Alteromonas haloplanctis α-amylase give insights into cold adaptation at a molecular level

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1503-1516

  Aghajari, Nushin ^a   Feller, Georges ^b   Gerday, Charles ^b   Haser, Richard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cold adaptation; Family 13 glycosyl hydrolase; Psychrophiles; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ALTEROMONAS HALOPLANCTIS; AMYLASE; ENZYME STRUCTURE;

ALTEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOALTEROMONAS HALOPLANKTIS;

EID: 0032534759     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00149-X     Document Type: Article

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