3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase of Sulfolobus solfataricus: DNA sequence, phylogeny, expression in Escherichia coli of the hmgA gene, and purification and kinetic characterization of the gene product

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3632-3638

  Bochar, Daniel A ^a   Brown, James R ^c,d   Doolittle, W Ford ^c   Klenk, Hans Peter ^c   Lam, Wan ^c   Schenk, Margaret E ^c   Stauffacher, Cynthia V ^b   Rodwell, Victor W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MEVALONII; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0031009135     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3632-3638.1997     Document Type: Article

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