Crystal structures of Vibrio harveyi chitinase A complexed with chitooligosaccharides: Implications for the catalytic mechanism

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-499

  Songsiriritthigul, Chomphunuch ^a,b   Pantoom, Supansa ^a   Aguda, Adeleke H ^c,d   Robinson, Robert C ^c   Suginta, Wipa ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b National Synchrotron Research Center Thailand   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin oligosaccharide; Chitinase; Crystal structure; The slide and bend mechanism; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CHITINASE A; CHITOOLIGOSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO HARVEYI; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIBRIO;

VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 44649153432     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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