Sucrose-phosphate synthase from Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803: Identification of the spsA gene and characterization of the enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6776-6779

  Curatti, Leonardo ^a   Folco, Eduardo ^a   Desplats, Paula ^a   Abratti, Gustavo ^a   Limones, Verónica ^b   Herrera Estrella, Luis ^b   Salerno, Graciela ^a  

^a Fundacion para Investigaciones Biologicas Aplicadas   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0032440388     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6776-6779.1998     Document Type: Article

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