Roles of histidine-103 and tyrosine-235 in the function of the prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2944-2948

  Sankaran, Krishnan ^a,b   Gan, Keda ^a,c   Rash, Brian ^a   Qi, Hai Yan ^a   Wu, Henry C ^a   Rick, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Oncor Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; HISTIDINE; LIPOPROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031002075     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2944-2948.1997     Document Type: Article

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