Roles of S3 site residues of nattokinase on its activity and substrate specificity

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-364

  Wu, Shuming ^a,b   Feng, Chi ^a,b   Zhong, Jin ^a   Huan, Liandong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Nattokinase; Protease activity; S3 site; Site directed mutagenesis; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; NATTOKINASE ENZYME; SERINE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FIBRINOLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUBTILISINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36849031210     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvm142     Document Type: Article

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