Expression of the Zymomonas mobilis gfo gene for NADP-containing glucose:fructose oxidoreductase (GFOR) in Escherichia coli. Formation of enzymatically active preGFOR but lack of processing into a stable periplasmic protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-112

  Wiegert, Thomas ^a   Sahm, Hermann ^a   Sprenger, Georg A ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucose:fructose oxidoreductase; NADP binding; Periplasm; Protein export; Signal sequence

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0031047286     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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