Mutational evidence for the role of serine-283 in Cephalosporium acremonium isopenicillin N synthase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 353-356

  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

ISOPENICILLIN N SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ACREMONIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENES, FUNGAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PENICILLINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SERINE;

EID: 0032454417     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00301-2     Document Type: Article

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