Further stabilization of 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus, by a suppressor mutation method

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 723-727

  Kotsuka, Takashi ^a   Akanuma, Satoshi ^a   Tomuro, Masaaki ^a   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^b   Oshima, Tairo ^b  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHIMERIC PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME STABILITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030028478     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.723-727.1996     Document Type: Article

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