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The hybrid Bacillus (1,3-1,4)-beta-glucanase H(A16-M), consisting of 16 N-terminal amino acids derived from the mature form of the B. amyloliquefaciens enzyme and of 198 C-proximal amino acids from the B. macerans enzyme, binds a calcium ion at a site at its molecular surface remote from the active center [T. Keitel, O. Simon, R. Borriss &amp; U. Heinemann (1993) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 90, 5287-5291]. X-ray diffraction analysis at 0.22-nm resolution of crystals grown in the absence of calcium and in the presence of EDTA shows this site to be occupied by a sodium ion. Whereas the calcium ion has six oxygen atoms in its coordination sphere, two of which are from water molecules, sodium is fivefold coordinated with a fifth ligand belonging to a symmetry-related protein molecule in the crystal lattice. The affinity of H(A16-M) for calcium over sodium has been determined calorimetrically. Calcium binding stabilizes the native three-dimensional structure of the protein as shown by guanidinium chloride unfolding and thermal inactivation experiments. The enhanced enzymic activity of Bacillus beta-glucanases at elevated temperatures in the presence of calcium ions is attributed to a general stabilizing effect by the cation.

1GLH is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_construct Synthetic construct] with <scene name='pdbligand=NA:'>NA</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licheninase Licheninase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.2.1.73 3.2.1.73] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1GLH OCA].  

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