Acetyl coenzyme A synthetase (ADP forming) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus: Identification, cloning, separate expression of the encoding genes, acdAI and acdBI, in Escherichia coli, and in vitro reconstitution of the active heterotetrameric enzyme from its recombinant subunits

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5885-5888

  Musfeldt, Meike ^a   Selig, Martina ^a   Schönheit, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COENZYME A; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0032885357     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5885-5888.1999     Document Type: Article

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