Crystal structure of chondroitinase B from Flavobacterium heparinum and its complex with a disaccharide product at 1.7 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1257-1269

  Huang, Weijun ^a,b   Matte, Allan ^a,b   Li, Yunge ^a,b   Kim, Yeong Shik ^c   Linhardt, Robert J ^d   Su, Hongsheng ^e   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Montreal Joint Centre for Structural Biology   (Canada)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flavobacterium heparinum; Glycosaminoglycan; Lyase; helix

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DERMATAN SULFATE; HYDROLASE; KERATAN SULFATE; LYASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE; SULFATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLAVOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033579524     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3292     Document Type: Article

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