Properties of aspartate transcarbamylase from TAD1, a psychrophilic bacterial strain isolated from Antarctica

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 375-382

  Sun, Karine ^a   Camardella, Laura ^b   Di Prisco, Guido ^b   Hervé, Guy ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic microorganism; Aspartate transcarbamylase; Cold adaptation; Psychrophile

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STABILITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CARBAMYL PHOSPHATE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICE; KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDES; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032528329     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00242-0     Document Type: Article

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