Comparative study of two GH19 chitinase-like proteins from Hevea brasiliensis, one exhibiting a novel carbohydrate-binding domain

FEBS Journal

Volumn 281, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 4535-4554

  Martínez Caballero, Siseth ^a   Cano Sánchez, Patricia ^a   Mares Mejía, Israel ^a   Díaz Sánchez, Angel G ^a   Macías Rubalcava, Martha L ^a   Hermoso, Juan A ^b   Rodríguez Romero, Adela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Chitin affinity; Plant chitinase like protein; Thermostability; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALLERGEN; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE LIKE PROTEIN 1; CHITINASE LIKE PROTEIN 2; CHITOTRIOSE; ENDOCHITINASE; GH19 CHITINASE LIKE PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RUBBER; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITINASE; PROTEIN BINDING; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHILICITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DEFENSE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMOSTABILITY; TREE; ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEVEA; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME STABILITY; HEVEA; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84912122091     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12962     Document Type: Article

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