Effect of Heavy Atoms on the Thermal Stability of α-Amylase from Aspergillus oryzae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Sugahara, Michihiro ^a   Takehira, Michiyo ^a   Yutani, Katsuhide ^a  

^a RIKEN SPring 8 Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GADOLINIUM; SAMARIUM;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ATOM; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENATURATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEAVY ATOM; HEAVY ATOM DATABASE SYSTEM; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GADOLINIUM; HEATING; SAMARIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84874357309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057432     Document Type: Article

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