Biochemical characterization and crystal structure of a GH10 xylanase from termite gut bacteria reveal a novel structural feature and significance of its bacterial Ig-like domain

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3093-3103

  Han, Qian ^a   Liu, Ning ^b   Robinson, Howard ^c   Cao, Lin ^b   Qian, Changli ^b   Wang, Qianfu ^b   Xie, Lei ^b   Ding, Haizhen ^a   Wang, Qian ^b   Huang, Yongping ^b   Li, Jianyong ^a   Zhou, Zhihua ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial Ig like domain; Bacterium; Crystal structure; Glycoside hydrolase; Intimin; Termite gut; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL IG-LIKE DOMAIN; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; INTIMIN; TERMITE GUT; XYLANASES;

CLONING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTIMIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOBITERMES; ISOPTERA;

BACTERIAL IG-LIKE DOMAIN; BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE; INTIMIN; TERMITE GUT; XYLANASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOPTERA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 84886287970     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24982     Document Type: Article

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