Probing the role of cysteine residues in glucosamine-1-phosphate acetyltransferase activity of the bifunctional glmU protein from Escherichia coil: Site-directed mutagenesis and characterization of the mutant enzymes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 4799-4803

  Pompeo, Frédérique ^a   Van Heijenoort, Jean ^a   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALANINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE; GLMU PROTEIN; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031659702     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.18.4799-4803.1998     Document Type: Article

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