The role of lysine-256 in the structure and function of sheep liver recombinant serine hydroxymethyltransferase

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 679-688

  Talwar, Rashmi ^a   Jagath, Junutula R ^a   Datta, Asis ^b   Prakash, V ^c   Savithri, Handanahal S ^a   Appaji Rao, Naropantul ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SHEEP; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME STABILITY; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; LYSINE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0031324389     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1997_4370     Document Type: Article

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