X-ray structures along the reaction pathway of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase elucidate catalysis in the alpha-amylase family.
Uitdehaag, J.C., Mosi, R., Kalk, K.H., van der Veen, B.A., Dijkhuizen, L., Withers, S.G., Dijkstra, B.W.(1999) Nat Struct Biol 6: 432-436
- PubMed: 10331869 
- DOI: 10.1038/8235
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1CXK, 1CXL - PubMed Abstract: 
Cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) is an enzyme of the alpha-amylase family, which uses a double displacement mechanism to process alpha-linked glucose polymers. We have determined two X-ray structures of CGTase complexes, one with an intact substrate at 2 ...