Thermotoga neapolitana homotetrameric xylose isomerase is expressed as a catalytically active and thermostable dimer in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2357-2360

  Hess, J Michael ^a,d   Tchernajenko, Vladimir ^b   Vieille, Claire ^b   Zeikus, J Gregory ^b,c   Kelly, Robert M ^a  

^a Campus Box 7908   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c MICHIGAN BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TETRAMER; XYLOSE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA NEAPOLITANA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; THERMOTOGA NEAPOLITANA;

EID: 0031814109     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2357-2360.1998     Document Type: Article

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