Exon grafting yields a "two active-site" lysozyme

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 358, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 997-1001

  Li, Shuang ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Fei, Yanqun ^a   Jiang, Dazhi ^a   Sheng, Yongjie ^a   Sun, Yanhong ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active site; Exon grafting; Human lysozyme; Loop

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; EXON; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WILD TYPE;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; EXONS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HUMANS; MICROCOCCACEAE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 34249748238     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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