Improved Thermostability of Bacillus circulans Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase by the Introduction of a Salt Bridge

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 128-134

  Leemhuis, Hans ^a   Rozeboom, Henriëtte J ^a   Dijkstra, Bauke W ^a   Dijkhuizen, Lubbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase family; CGTase; Mutagenesis; Starch; Structure

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYCLOMALTODEXTRIN GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INORGANIC SALT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HALF LIFE TIME; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACILLUS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HALF-LIFE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; SALTS; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS CIRCULANS; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM THERMOSULFURIGENES;

EID: 0348047619     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10516     Document Type: Article

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