Targeted alteration of the substrate specificity of peptide synthetases by rational module swapping

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 308-318

  Schneider, A ^a   Stachelhaus, T ^a   Marahiel, M A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid activation; Minimal module substitution; Peptide synthetase; Surfactin

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; SURFACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031932153     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050652     Document Type: Article

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