Probing structural determinants specifying high thermostability in Bacillus licheniformis α-amylase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1041-1057

  Declerck, Nathalie ^a   Machius, Mischa ^b   Wiegand, Georg ^b   Huber, Robert ^b   Gaillardin, Claude ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

B. licheniformis amylase; Calcium binding; Deamidation; Thermostability; tRNA suppressor mediated mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM BINDING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEAMINATION; ENZYME STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034714134     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4025     Document Type: Article

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