Formyl-coenzyme A (CoA):oxalate CoA-transferase from the acidophile Acetobacter aceti has a distinctive electrostatic surface and inherent acid stability

Protein Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 686-696

  Mullins, Elwood A ^a,b   Starks, Courtney M ^b   Francois, Julie A ^b   Sael, Lee ^c,d   Kihara, Daisuke ^c,d   Kappock, T Joseph ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Crystal structure; Protein stability; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COENZYME A; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; FORMYL COENZYME A; OXALATE COENYZME A TRANSFERASE; OXALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETOBACTER ACETI; ACIDITY; ACIDOPHILE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DECARBOXYLATION; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THERMOSTABILITY;

ACETIC ACID; ACETOBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STABILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860118860     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2054     Document Type: Article

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