Biochemical relationship of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylases (PEPCs) from thermophilic archaea

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 159-165

  Sako, Yoshihiko ^a   Takai, Ken ^a   Nishizaka, Takahiro ^a   Ishida, Yuzaburo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Extreme thermophile; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030861417     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00253-X     Document Type: Article

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