Comparison of two glutamate producing enzymes from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus sp. KOD1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Jongsareejit, Boonsri ^a   Fujiwara, Shinsuke ^a   Takagi, Masahiro ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamate synthase; Hyperthermophilic archaeon; Nitrogen assimilation; Pyrococcus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS;

EID: 0032518698     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00529-6     Document Type: Article

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