Crystal structure and snapshots along the reaction pathway of a family 51 α-L-arabinofuranosidase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 4922-4932

  Hövel, Klaus ^a   Shallom, Dalia ^b   Niefind, Karsten ^a   Belakhov, Valery ^b   Shoham, Gil ^c   Baasov, Timor ^b   Shoham, Yuval ^b   Schomburg, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabinofuranosidase; Clan GH A glycosidase; Enzyme mechanism; Glycoside hydrolase family 51 X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 17644434949     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg494     Document Type: Article

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