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The roles of histidine residues at the starch-binding site in streptococcal-binding activities of human salivary amylase.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Feb 1999
Tseng C C, Miyamoto M, Ramalingam K, Hemavathy K C, Levine M J, Ramasubbu N
Abstract excerpt
Human salivary alpha-amylase participates in the initial digestion of starch and may be involved in the colonization of viridans streptococci in the mouth. To elucidate the role of histidine residues located near the starch-binding site on the streptococcal-binding activity, the wild type and three histidine mutants, H52A, H299A and H305A were constructed and expressed in a baculovirus system. While His52 is...
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