Amino acid residues involved in the functional integrity of Escherichia coli methionine aminopeptidase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4686-4689

  Chiu, Chen Hsiang ^a   Lee, Chao Zong ^a   Lin, Kung Shih ^a   Tam, Ming F ^b   Lin, Lih Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOPEPTIDASE; COBALT; METHIONYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032791525     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4686-4689.1999     Document Type: Article

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