Comparative study of the reaction mechanism of family 18 chitinases from plants and microbes

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 557-564

  Sasaki, Chiye ^a   Yokoyama, Ai ^a   Itoh, Yoshifumi ^b   Hashimoto, Masayuki ^c   Watanabe, Takeshi ^c   Fukamizo, Tamo ^a  

^a Kmki University   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binding subsites; Chitinase; Chitooligosaccharide; Hydrolytic mechanism; Theoretical calculation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHITIN; CHITINASE; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GLYCOSYLATION; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; RICE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREE;

CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COCCIDIOIDES; GLYCOSYLATION; HEVEA; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0036232796     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a003134     Document Type: Article

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