The cyanide hydratase from Neurospora crassa forms a helix which has a dimeric repeat

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-278

  Dent, Kyle C ^a   Weber, Brandon W ^a   Benedik, Michael J ^b   Sewell, B Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3d protein reconstruction; Cyanide; Cyanide hydratase; Nitrilase

Indexed keywords

3D PROTEIN RECONSTRUCTION; ATOMIC MODELS; CHARGED RESIDUES; CYANIDE; CYANIDE HYDRATASE; DYADIC INTERACTIONS; FORMAMIDE; HELICAL GROOVES; HELICAL TWISTS; HIGH SPECIFICITIES; LOW RESOLUTIONS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NITRILASE; REAL SPACES; SALT BRIDGES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION;

AMIDES; BIOREMEDIATION; CASE HARDENING; OLIGOMERS; REPAIR; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CYANIDES;

BIOREMEDIATION; CYANIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; HOMOLOGY; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; RECONSTRUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRO-LYASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 59449090351     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1735-4     Document Type: Article

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