4,4'-Diapophytoene desaturase: Catalytic properties of an enzyme from the C30 carotenoid pathway of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 6184-6187

  Raisig, Axel ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CAROTENOID;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032871080     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.6184-6187.1999     Document Type: Article

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