Expression of human tyrosine hydroxylase type I in Escherichia coli as a protease-cleavable fusion protein

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 106, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 819-824

  Nakashima, A ^a   Mori, K ^a   Nagatsu, T ^b   Ota, A ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human tyrosine hydroxylase type 1; Maltose binding protein fusion; N terminal amino acid deleted mutant

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ENTEROPEPTIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENTEROPEPTIDASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0032749033     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020050202     Document Type: Article

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