Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of a thermostable glutamate racemase from a hyperthermophilic bacterium, Aquifex pyrophilus

Extremophiles

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-183

  Kim, Sang Suk ^a   Choi, In Geol ^a   Kim, Sung Hou ^a,b   Yu, Yeon Gyu ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifex pyrophilus; Glutamate racemase; Molecular cloning; Overexpression; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; GLUTAMATE RACEMASE; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0000026654     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050114     Document Type: Article

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