Review Article

The Importance of Surface-Binding Site towards Starch-Adsorptivity Level in α-Amylase: A Review on Structural Point of View

Figure 10

The overall structure of A. niger α-amylase and its ligand. (a) The comparison of subsites for acarbose and maltose binding (adapted from Vujicic-Zagar and Dijkstra [17]). (b) The structure of A. niger α-amylase. The A/B and C domains are colored in pink and turquoise, respectively. Acarbose and maltose are represented by blue and green colored sticks, respectively. A cofactor calcium ion is visualized by a green sphere.
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