X-ray structures of the maltose-maltodextrin-binding protein of the thermoacidophilic bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius provide insight into acid stability of proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 261-274

  Schäfer, Karsten ^a   Magnusson, Ulrika ^b   Scheffel, Frank ^c   Schiefner, André ^a   Sandgren, Mats O J ^b   Diederichs, Kay ^a   Welte, Wolfram ^a   Hülsmann, Anja ^c   Schneider, Erwin ^c   Mowbray, Sherry L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidophile; Hyperthermophile; Maltodextrin binding protein; Maltose binding protein; Thermoacidophile

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTODEXTRIN BINDING PROTEIN; MALTOSE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MALTOTRIOSE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDITY; ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SURFACE CHARGE; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS LITORALIS;

EID: 2942677394     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.10.042     Document Type: Article

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