Identification and characterization of geranylgeraniol kinase and geranylgeranyl phosphate kinase from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 541-547

  Ohnuma, Shin Ichi ^a   Watanabe, Masatada ^a   Nishino, Tokuzo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaebacterium; Geranylgeraniol; Isoprenoids; Kinase; Lipid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COBALT; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FARNESOL; GERANIOL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; LIPID METABOLISM; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0029985373     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021275     Document Type: Article

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