Structures and mechanisms of glycosyl hydrolases

G Davies; B Henrissat

doi:10.1016/S0969-2126(01)00220-9

Structures and mechanisms of glycosyl hydrolases

Structure. 1995 Sep 15;3(9):853-9. doi: 10.1016/S0969-2126(01)00220-9.

Authors

G Davies¹, B Henrissat

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, UK.

PMID: 8535779
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(01)00220-9

Abstract

The wealth of information provided by the recent structure determinations of many different glycosyl hydrolases shows that the substrate specificity and the mode of action of these enzymes are governed by exquisite details of their three-dimensional structures rather than by their global fold.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Binding Sites
Carbohydrate Sequence
Glycoside Hydrolases / chemistry*
Glycoside Hydrolases / classification
Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism*
Models, Chemical
Models, Molecular
Molecular Sequence Data

Substances

Glycoside Hydrolases