| Literature DB >> 19492389 |
Christopher J C Whitehouse1, Stephen G Bell, Wen Yang, Jake A Yorke, Christopher F Blanford, Anthony J F Strong, Edward J Morse, Mark Bartlam, Zihe Rao, Luet-Lok Wong.
Abstract
The power of proline: Bold amino acid substitutions in sensitive protein regions are frequently unproductive, while more subtle mutations can be sufficient to bring about dramatic changes. But introducing proline at the residue next to the sulfur ligand in P450(BM3) (CYP102A1) has the unexpected and desirable effect of enhancing the activity of this fatty acid hydroxylase with a broad range of non-natural substrates, as illustrated by the figure.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19492389 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200900279
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chembiochem ISSN: 1439-4227 Impact factor: 3.164