X-ray structure of pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus litoralis

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-244

  Singleton, Mr ^a,b   Isupov, Mn ^a   Littlechild, Ja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Cysteine peptidase; Pyroglutamyl peptidase; Thermococcus litoralis; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

5 OXOPROLYL PEPTIDASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0033103161     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80034-3     Document Type: Article

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