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A serine protease triad forms the catalytic centre of a triacylglycerol lipase.

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The X-ray structure of the Mucor miehei triglyceride lipase is reported and the atomic model obtained reveals a Ser .. His .. Asp trypsin-like catalytic triad with an active serine buried under a short helical fragment of a long surface loop.
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True lipases attach triacylglycerols and act at an oil-water interface; they constitute a ubiquitous group of enzymes catalysing a wide variety of reactions, many with industrial potential. But so far the three-dimensional structure has not been reported for any lipase. Here we report the X-ray structure of the Mucor miehei triglyceride lipase and describe the atomic model obtained at 3.1 A resolution and refined to 1.9 A resolution. It reveals a Ser..His..Asp trypsin-like catalytic triad with an active serine buried under a short helical fragment of a long surface loop.

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Rhizomucor miehei triglyceride lipase is synthesized as a precursor.

TL;DR: Conservation of an intron in an isolated cDNA recombinant and immunoprecipitation of in vitro synthesized R. miehei translation products indicates that the expression of the lipase gene might involve inefficient mRNA splicing.
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Complete nucleotide sequence of the lipase gene from Staphylococcus hyicus cloned in Staphylococcus carnosus

TL;DR: DNA sequencing has revealed the location of the gene, the ribosomal binding site and the presence of a typical signal sequence from the lipase gene from Staphylococcus hyicus subsp.
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Partial purification and characterization of free and immobilized lipases fromMucor miehei

TL;DR: The results indicate that the B lipase is formed by partial deglycosylation of the A lipase and that this influences the activity toward emulsions, and the two enzymes have been immobilized by adsorption.
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Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of rat lingual lipase cDNA

TL;DR: Purified rat lingual lipase (EC3113), a glycoprotein of approximate molecular weight 52,000, was used to generate polyclonal antibodies which were able to recognise the denatured and deglycosylated enzyme and screen a cDNA library prepared from mRNA isolated from the serous glands of rat tongue cloned in E. coli expression vectors.
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Rhizomucor miehei triglyceride lipase is processed and secreted from transformedAspergillus oryzae

TL;DR: The utility of this organism as a host for the production of recombinant triglyceride lipases is demonstrated and it is demonstrated that this organism has the same characteristics with respect to mobility on reducing SDS-gels and amino acid composition as the native enzyme.
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