Crystal Structure of Scytalidoglutamic Peptidase with its First Potent Inhibitor Provides Insights into Substrate Specificity and Catalysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-361

  Pillai, B ^a   Cherney, Maia M ^a   Hiraga, Kazumi ^b   Takada, Katsumi ^b   Oda, Kohei ^b   James, Michael N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catalytic mechanism; crystal strucure; inhibitor; Scytalidium lignicolum; scytalidoglutamic peptidase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; PEPTIDASE; SCYTALIDOGLUTAMIC PEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

FUNGI; SCYTALIDIUM LIGNICOLA; STRAWBERRY GREEN PETAL PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 33751506102     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.058     Document Type: Article

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