The absence of an identifiable single catalytic base residue in Thermobifida fusca exocellulase Cel6B

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3837-3845

  Vuong, Thu V ^a   Wilson, David B ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic base; Exocellulase; Glycoside hydrolase; Hydrolysis mechanism; Proton transferring network

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CELLULASE; EXOCELLULASE CEL6B; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOSIDASE; SERINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOGLUCANASE CEL6A, THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA; WILD TYPE; ACTINOMYCETALES; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELLULASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 67650660696     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07097.x     Document Type: Article

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