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2vhs
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CATHSILICATEIN, A CHIMERA
Overview
Cathepsin L mutants with the ability to condense silica from solution have been generated and a 1.5 A crystal structure of one of these chimeras allows us to rationalise the catalytic mechanism of silicic acid condensation.
About this Structure
2VHS is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure and silica condensing activities of silicatein alpha-cathepsin L chimeras., Fairhead M, Johnson KA, Kowatz T, McMahon SA, Carter LG, Oke M, Liu H, Naismith JH, van der Walle CF, Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Apr 21;(15):1765-7. Epub 2008 Feb 11. PMID:18379686 Page seeded by OCA on Thu May 22 22:32:25 2008
