Molecular physiology of carbamoylation under extreme conditions: What can we learn from extreme thermophilic microorganisms?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 463-473

  Van De Casteele, M ^c   Legrain, C ^c   Desmarez, L ^c   Chen, P G ^c   Pierard A ^a   Glansdorff, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Archaebacteria; Carbamoylphosphate; Carbamoyltransferases; Channelling; Eubacteria; Thermophiles; Thermostabi lity; Thermus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; EUBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARCHAEA; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIA; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (GLUTAMINE-HYDROLYZING); CARBAMYL PHOSPHATE; CITRULLINE; DIHYDROOROTASE; ENZYME STABILITY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMUS;

EID: 0031280518     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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