Dissimilatory ATP sulfurylase from the hyperthermophilic sulfate reducer Archaeoglobus fulgidus belongs to the group of homo-oligomeric ATP sulfurylases

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-264

  Sperling, Detlef ^a   Kappler, Ulrike ^a   Wynen, Astrid ^a   Dahl, Christiane ^a   Trüper, Hans G ^a  

^a Inst fur Mikrobiol and Biotech   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate sulfurylase; Adenosine 5' phosphosulfate reductase; Archaeoglobus fulgidus; Dissimilatory sulfate reduction; Heterologous expression; Hyperthermophilic archaea

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEGLOBUS; ARCHAEGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032525257     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00120-7     Document Type: Article

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