Protein engineering of carboxyl esterases by rational design and directed Evolution

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1162-1171

  Schmidt, M ^a   Bottcher D ^a   Bornscheuer, U T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYLESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69549109763     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986609789071216     Document Type: Article

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