Crystal structure of yellow meal worm α-amylase at 1.64 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 617-628

  Strobl, Stefan ^a   Maskos, Klaus ^b   Betz, Michael ^b   Wiegand, Georg ^b   Huber, Robert ^b   Gomis Rüth, F Xavier ^b,c   Glockshuber, Rudi ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Ctr d'Investigacions i D   (Spain)

Author keywords

Tenebrio molitor; X ray structure; Yellow meal worm; amylase; barrel

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; GLUTAMINE; MONOMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TENEBRIO; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

INSECTA; MAMMALIA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 18744435626     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1667     Document Type: Article

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