Characterization of chitin synthase 2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae II: Both full size and processed enzymes are active for chitin synthesis

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 659-666

  Uchida, Yukiko ^a   Shimmi, Osamu ^a   Sudoh, Masayuki ^a   Arisawa, Mikio ^a   Yamada Okabe, Hisafumi ^a  

^a NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Product entrapment; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Zymogen

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DIVALENT CATION; ENZYME ANTIBODY; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029987867     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021293     Document Type: Article

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