Effects of lysine-to-glycine mutations in the ATP-binding consensus sequences in the AddA and AddB subunits on the Bacillus subtilis AddAB enzyme activities

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5130-5137

  Haijema, Bert Jan ^a   Meima, Rob ^a   Kooistra, Jan ^a   Venema, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029789391     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5130-5137.1996     Document Type: Article

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