Development of new laccases by directed evolution: Functional and computational analyses

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-34

  Festa, Giovanna ^a   Autore, Flavia ^a,b   Fraternali, Franca ^b   Giardina, Paola ^a   Sannia, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetes; Molecular dynamics; Mutants; Pleurotus ostreatus; Random mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME; LACCASE;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLONE; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENE LIBRARY; HALF-LIFE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACCASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS;

EID: 44949138330     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21889     Document Type: Article

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