Characterizing structural features of cuticle-degrading proteases from fungi by molecular modeling

BMC Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Liu, Shu Qun ^a   Meng, Zhao Hui ^a,b   Yang, Jin Kui ^a   Fu, Yun Xin ^a,c   Zhang, Ke Qin ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEINASE K; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VCP1 PROTEIN; VER112 PROTEIN; CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; DISULFIDES; ELECTROSTATICS; FUNGI; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 34250168651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-7-33     Document Type: Article

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