Sequence and structural comparison of thermophilic phosphoglycerate kinases with a mesophilic equivalent

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 439-451

  Fleming, Toni ^a   Littlechild, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary features; Phosphoglycerate kinase; Protein thermostability; Sequence structure comparisons

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BINDING SITES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC STRAIGHT, CURVED, AND HELICAL RODS; HEAT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFOLOBUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031278911     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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