Characterization of a bifunctional enzyme fusion of trehalose-6- phosphate synthetase and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase of Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2484-2490

  Seo, Hak Soo ^a   Koo, Yeon Jong ^a   Lim, Jae Yun ^a   Song, Jong Tae ^a   Kim, Chung Ho ^b   Kim, Ju Kon ^c   Lee, Jong Seob ^a   Choi, Yang Do ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seowon University   (South Korea)

^c Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; THERMOSTABILITY;

CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; KINETICS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TREHALOSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0012023519     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2484-2490.2000     Document Type: Article

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