Crystal Structure of the Polyextremophilic α-Amylase AmyB from Halothermothrix orenii: Details of a Productive Enzyme-Substrate Complex and an N Domain with a Role in Binding Raw Starch

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 378, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 852-870

  Tan, Tien Chye ^a   Mijts, Benjamin N ^b   Swaminathan, Kunchithapadam ^c   Patel, Bharat K C ^b   Divne, Christina ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

enzyme substrate complex; methionine interaction; N domain; polyextremophilic; amylase

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALPHA CYCLODEXTRIN; AMYB ENZYME; AMYLASE; MALTOHEPTAOSE; MALTOSE; MALTOTETROSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HALOTHERMOTHRIX ORENII; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

HALOTHERMOTHRIX ORENII;

EID: 41949118483     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.02.041     Document Type: Article

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