Molecular directionality in crystalline β-chitin: Hydrolysis by chitinases A and B from Serratia marcescens 2170

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 388, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 851-856

  Hult, Eva Lena ^a   Katouno, Fuminori ^b   Uchiyama, Taku ^b   Watanabe, Takeshi ^b   Sugiyama, Junji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chitin; Chitinase a; Chitinase B; Reducing end labelling; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYMES; GOLD; HYDROLYSIS; SUGARS;

MICROFIBRILS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS 2170; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; TILT MICRODIFFRACTION METHOD;

CHITIN;

BIOTIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITINASE A; CHITINASE B; GLYCOL; GOLD; STREPTAVIDIN; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FIBER; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

CHITIN; CHITINASE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOENZYMES; MICROFIBRILS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 21744440404     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050090     Document Type: Article

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