Activation of Bacillus licheniformis α-amylase through a disorder → order transition of the substrate-binding site mediated by a calcium-sodium-calcium metal triad

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-292

  Machius, Mischa ^a,c   Declerck, Nathalie ^b   Huber, Robert ^a   Wiegand, Georg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Order disorder transition; Sodium; Thermostability; amylase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLASE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13144305048     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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