Weakly bound calcium ions involved in the thermostability of aqualysin I, a heat-stable subtilisin-type protease of Thermus aquaticus YT-1

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1433, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 132-138

  Lin, Shie Jea ^a   Yoshimura, Etsuro ^a   Sakai, Hiroshi ^a   Wakagi, Takayoshi ^a   Matsuzawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqualysin I; Calcium binding site; Heat stable protease; Metal ion substitution; Thermostability; Titration calorimetry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; LANTHANUM; METAL ION; NEODYMIUM; PROTEINASE; STRONTIUM; TERBIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 0032797930     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00140-5     Document Type: Article

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