Figure 5
The substrate-binding clefts of bovine (a, c) and camel (b, d) chymosin. The active-site residues and the activated water molecule are illustrated in red. Residues 11–16 of camel chymosin are shown in magenta. Glycerol (Gol1334) and the residues that differ between bovine and camel chymosin are shown in green (Table 4). (a) and (b) illustrate the loops that form the entrance to the binding site. (c) Subsite S1 with Leu32 and subsites S2 and S4 with Lys221 and Val223. (d) The corresponding subsites in camel chymosin with Val32 (both conformations) and with Val221 and Phe223, respectively. |