Purification and characterization of two extremely thermostable enzymes, phosphate acetyltransferase and acetate kinase, from the hyperthermophilic eubacterium Thermotoga maritima

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1861-1867

  Bock, Anne Katrin ^a   Glasemacher, Jürgen ^a   Schmidt, Roland ^b   Schönheit, Peter ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETYL COENZYME A; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROPIONYL COENZYME A;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0032987968     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1861-1867.1999     Document Type: Article

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