Mutational analysis of chitin synthase 2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae - Identification of additional amino acid residues involved in its catalytic activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 941-947

  Yabe, Tomio ^a,b   Yamada Okabe, Toshiko ^c   Nakajima, Tasuku ^b   Sudoh, Masayuki ^a   Arisawa, Mikio ^a   Yamada Okabe, Hisafumi ^a  

^a NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalytic site; Chitin synthase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032535705     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580941.x     Document Type: Article

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