Carbamate kinase from Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium. Cloning of the genes, studies on the enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli, and sequence similarity with N-acetyl-L-glutamate kinase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 280-291

  Marina, Alberto ^a   Uriarte, Matxalen ^a   Barcelona, Belén ^a   Fresquet, Vicente ^a   Cervera, Javier ^a   Rubio, Vicente ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylglutamate kinase; Arginine catabolism; Carbamate kinase; Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; Gene cloning

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032054533     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530280.x     Document Type: Article

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