Expression and use of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum sn-glycerol 1-phosphate dehydrogenase for the assay of sn-glycerol 1-phosphate in Archaea

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-270

  Noguchi, Shunsuke ^a   Maeda, Makoto ^a   Nishihara, Masateru ^b   Koga, Yousuke ^b   Sone, Nobuhito ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Glycerol 1 phosphate dehydrogenase; Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum; Phospholipid metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; GENES; ION EXCHANGE; LIPIDS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS;

ARCHAEA; GLYCEROL PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM;

ENZYMES;

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM;

EID: 0031691129     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80128-1     Document Type: Article

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