L-allo-threonine aldolase from Aeromonas jandaei DK-39: Gene cloning, nucleotide sequencing, and identification of the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate- binding lysine residue by site-directed mutagenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3555-3560

  Liu, Ji Quan ^a   Dairi, Tohru ^a   Kataoka, Michihiko ^b   Shimizu, Sakayu ^b   Yamada, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; LYSINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; THREONINE; THREONINE ALDOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS JANDAEI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031009927     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3555-3560.1997     Document Type: Article

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