Structural characterization of the Acetobacter xylinum endo-β-1,4- glucanase CMCax required for cellulose biosynthesis

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1069-1077

  Yasutake, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Kawano, Shin ^a,c   Tajima, Kenji ^a   Yao, Min ^a   Satoh, Yasuharu ^a   Munekata, Masanobu ^a   Tanaka, Isao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetobacter xylinum; Bacterial cellulose; Cellulose biosynthesis; CMCax; Crystal structure; Endo 1,4 glucanase; Glycoside hydrolase family 8 (GH 8)

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 33748474032     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21052     Document Type: Article

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