Bacterial selenocysteine synthase - Structural and functional properties

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 655-661

  Tormay, Peter ^a   Wilting, Reinhard ^a   Lottspeich, Friedrich ^b   Mehta, Perdeep K ^c   Christen, Philipp ^c   Böck, August ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pyridoxal 5' phosphate; Selenocysteine synthase; Selenophosphate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; SELENOCYSTEINE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOMICROBIUM BACULATUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA;

EID: 0032525906     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540655.x     Document Type: Article

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