The mechanism of substrate (aglycone) specificity in beta-glucosidases is revealed by crystal structures of mutant maize beta-glucosidase-DIMBOA, -DIMBOAGlc, and -dhurrin complexes.
Czjzek, M., Cicek, M., Zamboni, V., Bevan, D.R., Henrissat, B., Esen, A.(2000) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97: 13555-13560
- PubMed: 11106394 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.25.13555
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- PubMed Abstract: 
The mechanism and the site of substrate (i.e., aglycone) recognition and specificity were investigated in maize beta-glucosidase (Glu1) by x-ray crystallography by using crystals of a catalytically inactive mutant (Glu1E191D) in complex with the natu ...