Azospirillum brasilense glutamine synthetase: Influence of the activating metal ions on the enzyme properties

BioMetals

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Bespalova, Larisa A ^a   Antonyuk, Lyudmila P ^a   Ignatov, Vladimir V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Glutamine synthetase; Metals

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; METAL ION;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PH;

EID: 0033061975     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009205800764     Document Type: Article

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