Mechanism of thermostability in thermolysin - Analysis of subsite S2 mutant enzymes of thermolysin

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 431-434

  Kubo, M ^a   Itoh, K ^a   Nishikawa, K ^a   Hasumi, F ^b   Inouye, K ^c  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NUMAZU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYMES; STABILITY;

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; AUTODEGRADATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MUTANT ENZYMES; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITIES; SUBSITES; THERMOLYSIN; TRYPTOPHAN RESIDUES; WILD TYPES; WILD-TYPE ENZYMES;

AMINO ACIDS;

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; THERMOLYSIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033067897     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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