Purification and characterization of two mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylases from rat liver: A novel molecular species of 37 kDa

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 647-654

  Michihara, Akihiro ^a   Sawamura, Makoto ^a   Nara, Yasuo ^a   Ikeda, Katsumi ^a   Yamori, Yukio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characterization; Decarboxylase; Mevalonate pyrophosphate; Pravastatin; Purification

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBOXYLYASE; COBALT; COLESTYRAMINE; DIVALENT CATION; LIVER EXTRACT; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; MEVALONIC ACID; PRAVASTATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; RAT;

EID: 0030763020     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021802     Document Type: Article

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