title: Sugar tongs get a grip on the starch granule in barley alpha-amylase 1.
abstract: A novel polysaccharide binding site is identified in domain C of barley alpha-amylase 1 from the X-ray structure of the enzyme/tetrasaccharide complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Geiger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005960:Glucosides / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000737:chemistry; D018257:Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs; D001467:Hordeum / Q000201:enzymology*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D013213:Starch / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D005960:Glucosides; D007527:Isoenzymes; D014443:Tyrosine; D013213:Starch; D006003:Glycogen; D000516:alpha-Amylases