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In an attempt to study the substrate specificity and catalytic mechanism of α-amylases, the active sites of the three-dimensional structures determined to date were compared.
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Aghajari, N., Kadziola, A., Haser, R. (1998). Three-dimensional Structural Variations and Functional Implications in α-Amylases. In: Guéguen, J., Popineau, Y. (eds) Plant Proteins from European Crops. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03720-1_2
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