Purification and characterization of two reversible and ADP-dependent acetyl coenzyme A synthetases from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5897-5903

  Mai, Xuhong ^a   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHATE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0029794709     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.5897-5903.1996     Document Type: Article

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