3.4.22.B50 A67Y the mutation enhances the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme about 8fold while the thermostability of the mutant enzyme remains unchanged. The specific activity against azo-casein is almost 2.4 times higher than wild type 732725 3.4.22.B50 C106A inactive 718275 3.4.22.B50 C112S site-directed mutagenesis, active site cysteine mutant, forms a noncovalent complex with ubiquitin, crystal structure analysis 731149 3.4.22.B50 C112S site-directed mutagenesis, the C112S mutant is monomeric, ubiquitin binding crystal structure analysis, overview 731069 3.4.22.B50 C1651A Plpro active-site mutant -, 670085 3.4.22.B50 C1651A purified SARS-CoV PLpro protein containing an alanine substitution at putative catalytic residues -, 670084 3.4.22.B50 C1729A the mutant shows reduced interferon antagonistic activity compared to that of the wild type enzyme 732257 3.4.22.B50 C1732A encodes a substitution of a cysteine residue, predicted to be critical for zinc binding -, 670084 3.4.22.B50 C270A/H332A active site mutant 732827 3.4.22.B50 D165A site-directed mutagenesis, the mutant shows reduced activity in deubiquitination compared to the wild-type enzyme 731069