Structural biology of starch-degrading enzymes and their regulation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-42

  Møller, Marie Sofie ^a,b   Svensson, Birte ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE PANCREAS ISOENZYME; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; ENZYME; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; GLUCOSE; HELIANTHAMIDE; ISOAMYLASE; LYTIC POLYSACCHARIDE MONOOXYGENASE; MALTOSE; MONTBRETIN A; OLIGO 1,6 GLUCOSIDASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PULLULANASE; STARCH; STARCH DEGRADING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYMES; HUMANS; STARCH;

EID: 84979695897     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.07.006     Document Type: Review

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