Structure of two fungal β-1,4-galactanases: Searching for the basis for temperature and pH optimum

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1195-1204

  Le Nours, Jérôme ^a   Ryttersgaard, Carsten ^a,c   Lo Leggio, Leila ^a   Østergaard, Peter Rahbek ^b   Borchert, Torben Vedel ^b   Christensen, Lars Lehmann Hylling ^b   Larsen, Sine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 galactanase; Alkalophile; Clan GH A; Family 53 glycoside hydrolase; pH optimum; Thermophile; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

1,4 BETA GALACTANASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GALACTANASE; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME STABILITY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS; CORYNASCUS HETEROTHALLICUS; FUNGI; HUMICOLA; HUMICOLA INSOLENS; MYCELIOPHTHORA;

EID: 0037569518     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0300103     Document Type: Article

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