Comparative structural analysis of psychrophilic and meso- and thermophilic enzymes

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 236-249

  Gianese, Giulio ^a   Bossa, Francesco ^a   Pascarella, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cold adaptation; Electrostatic interactions; Packing density; Protein cavities; Protein stability; Secondary structural variations; Solvation free energy; Structural differences; Surface properties

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; ELASTASE; ENZYME; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLD; ELECTROSTATICS; ENZYMES; HEAT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; WATER;

EID: 0036568335     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10084     Document Type: Article

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