Kinetic and mutation analyses of aspartate kinase from Thermus flavus

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 739-745

  Kobashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Nishiyama, Makoto ^a   Tanokura, Masaru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid biosynthesis; Aspartate kinase; Kinetics; Site directed mutagenesis; Thermus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE KINASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MAGNESIUM ION; SERINE; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THERMUS; THERMUS FLAVUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0032808182     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80146-7     Document Type: Article

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