Identification and designing of the S3 site of aqualysin I, a thermophilic subtilisin-related serine protease

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1016-1021

  Tanaka, Terumichi ^a,b   Matsuzawa, Hiroshi ^a   Ohta, Takahisa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqualysin I; P3 specificity; S3 subsite; Serine protease; Subtilsin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; HYDROLASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; POLYAMINE; SERINE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; POSIBACTERIA; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 0032809035     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022380     Document Type: Article

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