Polyproline II structure is critical for the enzyme protective function of soybean Em (LEA1) conserved domains

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1667-1673

  Zou, Yongdong ^a,b   Hong, Ruisha ^b   He, Shuwen ^b   Liu, Guobao ^b   Huang, Zebo ^c   Zheng, Yizhi ^b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

helix; Domain peptide; Enzyme protection; LEA1 protein; Polyproline II structure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; C-TERMINAL DOMAINS; CD SPECTROSCOPY; DOMAIN PEPTIDE; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZING STRESS; HELICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH POTENTIAL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEA1 PROTEIN; N-TERMINALS; POLYPROLINE II; PROTECTIVE FUNCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN, PLANT; PEPTIDE; POLYPROLINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SOYBEAN; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME STABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; TEMPERATURE;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 79960183062     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0602-z     Document Type: Article

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