Crystal structures of Vibrio harveyi chitinase A complexed with chitooligosaccharides: implications for the catalytic mechanism
Songsiriritthigul, C., Pantoom, S., Aguda, A.H., Robinson, R.C., Suginta, W.(2008) J Struct Biol 162: 491-499
- PubMed: 18467126 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.03.008
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3B8S, 3B9A, 3B9D, 3B9E - PubMed Abstract: 
This research describes four X-ray structures of Vibrio harveyi chitinase A and its catalytically inactive mutant (E315M) in the presence and absence of substrates. The overall structure of chitinase A is that of a typical family-18 glycosyl hydrolase comprising three distinct domains: (i) the amino-terminal chitin-binding domain; (ii) the main catalytic (alpha/beta)(8) TIM-barrel domain; and (iii) the small (alpha+beta) insertion domain ...