Crystal structure and silica condensing activities of silicatein alpha-cathepsin L chimeras.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Fairhead M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3326524 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature