Purification and characterization of NADH-dependent glutamate synthase from the silkworm fat body (Bombyx mori)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 473-482

  Hirayama, Chikara ^a   Saito, Hitoshi ^a   Konno, Kotaro ^a   Shinbo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Fat body; Glutamate synthase; Glutamine; Silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 4 CHLOROMERCURIBENZOIC ACID; 6 DIAZO 5 OXONORLEUCINE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; AZASERINE; FLAVINE NUCLEOTIDE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FAT BODY; GEL FILTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; ELECTRONS; FAT BODY; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032127173     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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