Identification of cysteine and arginine residues essential for the phosphotransacetylase from Methanosarcina thermophila

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7712-7717

  Rasche, Madeline E ^a,b   Smith, Kerry S ^b   Ferry, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COENZYME A; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM KLUYVERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0030779393     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.24.7712-7717.1997     Document Type: Article

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