The A modules of the Azotobacter vinelandii mannuronan-C-5-epimerase AlgE1 are sufficient for both epimerization and binding of Ca2+

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3033-3038

  Ertesvåg, Helga ^a,b   Valla, Svein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIGEN Medisinsk Teknisk Senter   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EPIMERASE; MONOMER; SUGAR ACID;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CALCIUM BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032915510     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3033-3038.1999     Document Type: Article

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