Trp122 and Trp134 on the surface of the catalytic domain are essential for crystalline chitin hydrolysis by Bacillus circulans chitinase A1

FEBS Letters

Volumn 494, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 74-78

  Watanabe, Takeshi ^a   Ishibashi, Asuka ^a   Ariga, Yumiko ^a   Hashimoto, Masayuki ^a   Nikaidou, Naoki ^a   Sugiyama, Junji ^b   Matsumoto, Takuo ^c   Nonaka, Takamasa ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acid residue; Catalytic domain; Chitinase; Crystalline chitin; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; HYDROLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS CIRCULANS;

EID: 0035815378     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02317-1     Document Type: Article

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