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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2007

The Bacillus licheniformis BlaP beta-lactamase as a model protein scaffold to study the insertion of protein fragments.

Marylène Vandevenne, Patrice Filee, Natacha Scarafone, Benoît Cloes, Gilles Gaspard, Nursel Yilmaz, Mireille Dumoulin, Jean-Marie François, Jean-Marie Frère, Moreno Galleni

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marylène VandevenneMacromolécules Biologiques, Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Patrice Filee
Natacha Scarafone
Benoît Cloes
Gilles Gaspard
Nursel Yilmaz
Mireille Dumoulin
Jean-Marie François
Jean-Marie Frère
Moreno Galleni
University of Liège · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using genetic engineering technologies, the chitin-binding domain (ChBD) of the human macrophage chitotriosidase has been inserted into the host protein BlaP, a class A beta-lactamase produced by Bacillus licheniformis. The product of this construction behaved as a soluble chimeric protein that conserves both the capacity to bind chitin and to hydrolyze beta-lactam moiety. Here we describe the biochemical and biophysical properties of this protein (BlaPChBD). This work contributes to a better understanding of the reciprocal structural and functional effects of the insertion on the host protein scaffold and the heterologous structured protein fragments. The use of BlaP as a protein carrier represents an efficient approach to the functional study of heterologous protein fragments.

Indexed as

BacillusBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesChitinEnzyme StabilityHexosaminidasesModels, MolecularProtein DenaturationProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant Fusion ProteinsBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesChitinchitotriosidaseHexosaminidasesRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID17893363
PMCPMC2204133
OpenAlexW2171596398

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