Insights into the "pair of sugar tongs" surface binding site in barley α-amylase isozymes and crystallization of appropriate sugar tongs mutants

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 16, 2005, Pages 37-46

  Tranier, Samuel ^a   Deville, Karine ^a   Robert, Xavier ^a   Bozonnet, Sophie ^b,c   Haser, Richard ^a   Svensson, Birte ^c   Aghajari, Nushin ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

"A pair of sugar tongs"; amylase mutants; Barley; Crystallization; Isozymes; Surface binding sites

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33751309082     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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