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Homology Modeling for Enzyme Design

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Homology modeling is a very powerful tool in the absence of atomic structures for understanding the general fold of the enzyme, conserved residues, catalytic tunnel/pocket as well as substrate and product binding sites. This information is useful for structure-assisted enzyme design approach for the development of robust enzymes especially for industrial applications.

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  1. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala, Sweden

    Wimal Ubhayasekera

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  1. Section of Sustainable Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Mette Lübeck

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Ubhayasekera, W. (2018). Homology Modeling for Enzyme Design. In: Lübeck, M. (eds) Cellulases. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1796. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7877-9_21

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