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SUBMITTER: Snijder HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2374211 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Snijder H J HJ Van Eerde J H JH Kingma R L RL Kalk K H KH Dekker N N Egmond M R MR Dijkstra B W BW
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 20011001 10
Outer membrane phospholipase A (OMPLA) from Escherichia coli is an integral-membrane enzyme with a unique His-Ser-Asn catalytic triad. In serine proteases and serine esterases usually an Asp occurs in the catalytic triad; its role has been the subject of much debate. Here the role of the uncharged asparagine in the active site of OMPLA is investigated by structural characterization of the Asn156Ala mutant. Asparagine 156 is not involved in maintaining the overall active-site configuration and do ...[more]