The fructokinase from Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii belongs to group I fructokinase enzymes and is encoded separately from other carbohydrate metabolism enzymes

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 321-330

  Fennington Jr , George J ^a   Hughes, Thomas A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fructokinase; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FRUCTOKINASE; FRUCTOSE; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMATOFOCUSING; COSMID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL FILTRATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILVER STAINING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII;

EID: 0030026254     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-2-321     Document Type: Article

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