Homology modeling and active-site residues probing of the thermophilic Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius esterase 2

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1789-1796

  Manco, Giuseppe ^a   Febbraio, Ferdinando ^a   Adinolfi, Elena ^a   Rossi, Mosè ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalytic triad; Homology modeling; Oxyanion hole; Site directed mutagenesis; Thermophilic esterase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOXYLESTERASE; ESTERASE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; SERINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032847322     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.9.1789     Document Type: Article

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