Structural insights into selectivity and cofactor binding in snake venom l-amino acid oxidases

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 421, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-128

  Ullah, A ^a   Souza, T A C B ^b   Abrego, J R B ^a   Betzel, C ^c   Murakami, M T ^b   Arni, R K ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid specificity; Bothrops jararacussu; Crystal structure; FAD binding mode; L Amino acid oxidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84860325647     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.03.129     Document Type: Article

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