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Tendemistat description as found on[http://supfam.cs.bris.ac.uk/SUPERFAMILY/cgi-bin/scop.cgi?sunid=49498 scoop]: | Tendemistat description as found on[http://supfam.cs.bris.ac.uk/SUPERFAMILY/cgi-bin/scop.cgi?sunid=49498 scoop]: | ||
| - | Alpha-amylase inhibitor inhibits mammalian alpha-amylases specifically, by forming a tight stoichiometric 1:1 complex with alpha-amylase. The inhibitor has no action on plant and microbial alpha amylases. | + | "Alpha-amylase inhibitor inhibits mammalian alpha-amylases specifically, by forming a tight stoichiometric 1:1 complex with alpha-amylase. The inhibitor has no action on plant and microbial alpha amylases. |
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| + | A crystal structure has been determined for tendamistat the 74-amino acid inhibitor produced by Streptomyces tendae that targets a wide range of mammalian alpha-amylases <ref> pmid 14501112</ref> <scene name='Sandbox_Ruth01/Tandemistat_no_changes/1'>TextToBeDisplayed</scene>. The binding of tendamistat to alpha-amylase leads to the steric blockage of the active site of the enzyme. The crystal structure of tendamistat revealed an immunoglobulin-like fold that could potentially adopt multiple conformations. Such molecular flexibility could enable an induced-fit type of binding that would both optimise binding and allow broad target specificity." | ||
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| - | A crystal structure has been determined for tendamistat the 74-amino acid inhibitor produced by Streptomyces tendae that targets a wide range of mammalian alpha-amylases <ref> pmid 14501112</ref>. The binding of tendamistat to alpha-amylase leads to the steric blockage of the active site of the enzyme. The crystal structure of tendamistat revealed an immunoglobulin-like fold that could potentially adopt multiple conformations. Such molecular flexibility could enable an induced-fit type of binding that would both optimise binding and allow broad target specificity. | ||
| - | Tendamistat is an alpha-amylase inhibitor, it belongs to the all beta proteins, and its structure was resolved in a 0.93 A accuracy. <ref> pmid 14501112</ref> | ||
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