Penicillopepsin-JT2, a recombinant enzyme from Penicillium janthinellum and the contribution of a hydrogen bond in subsite S3 to k(cat)

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 991-1001

  Cao, Qing N A ^a,c   Stubbs, Marlene ^a   Ngo, Kenny Q P ^a   Ward, Michael ^b   Cunningham, Annie ^a   Pai, Emil F ^a   Tu, Guang Chou ^a,c   Hofmann, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinases; Penicillopepsin; Penicillopepsin gene; Subsite S3 effects

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHIAPEPSIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; PENICILLOPEPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM JANTHINELLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; PENICILLIUM JANTHINELLUM; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034041382     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.5.991     Document Type: Article

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