Structural highlights
Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedRecombinant Bacillus halmapalus alpha-amylase (BHA) was studied in two different crystal forms. The first crystal form was obtained by crystallization of BHA at room temperature in the presence of acarbose and maltose; data were collected at cryogenic temperature to a resolution of 1.9 A. It was found that the crystal belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 47.0, b = 73.5, c = 151.1 A. A maltose molecule was observed and found to bind to BHA and previous reports of the binding of a nonasaccharide were confirmed. The second crystal form was obtained by pH-induced crystallization of BHA in a MES-HEPES-boric acid buffer (MHB buffer) at 303 K; the solubility of BHA in MHB has a retrograde temperature dependency and crystallization of BHA was only possible by raising the temperature to at least 298 K. Data were collected at cryogenic temperature to a resolution of 2.0 A. The crystal belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 38.6, b = 59.0, c = 209.8 A. The structure was solved using molecular replacement. The maltose-binding site is described and the two structures are compared. No significant changes were seen in the structure upon binding of the substrates. Structure of Bacillus halmapalus alpha-amylase crystallized with and without the substrate analogue acarbose and maltose.,Lyhne-Iversen L, Hobley TJ, Kaasgaard SG, Harris P Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2006 Sep 1;62(Pt, 9):849-54. Epub 2006 Aug 26. PMID:16946462[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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