Inactivation of the regulatory protein a of soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) by proteolysis can be overcome by a Gly to Gln modification

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-79

  Lloyd, John S ^a   Bhambra, Amarbalita ^a   Murrell, J Colin ^a   Dalton, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methane monooxygenase; N terminal processing; Post translational modification; Proteolytic cleavage; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0030848173     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00072.x     Document Type: Article

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