Methionine aminopeptidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon pyrococcus furiosus: Molecular cloning and overexperssion in Escherichia coli of the gene, and characteristics of the enzyme

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 843-850

  Tsunasawa, Susumu ^a   Izu, Yukiko ^a   Miyagi, Masaru ^a   Kato, Ikunoshin ^a  

^a TAKARA SHUZO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Hyperthermostable enzyme; Ionspray mass spectrometry; Methionine aminopeptidase; Pyrococcus furiosus

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; METHIONINE; PEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HALF LIFE TIME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030699086     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021831     Document Type: Article

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