Analysis of a conserved arginine R281L in catalysis in Cephalosporium acremonium isopenicillin N synthase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-110

  Loke, Paxton ^a   Sim, Tiow Suan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cephalosporium acremonium; Isopenicillin N synthase; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; ISOPENICILLIN N; ISOPENICILLIN N SYNTHETASE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM;

EID: 0032124856     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00204-3     Document Type: Article

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