A conserved histidine is essential for glycerolipid acyltransferase catalysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1425-1430

  Heath, Richard J ^a   Rock, Charles O ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0031941001     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1425-1430.1998     Document Type: Article

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