Characterization of yrpC Gene Product of Bacillus subtilis IFO 3336 as Glutamate Racemase Isozyme

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 792-798

  Ashiuchi, Makoto ^a   Soda, Kenji ^a,b   Misono, Haruo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Characterization; Glutamate racemase; Isozyme

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RACEMASE; ISOENZYME; ISOMERASE; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033125690     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.792     Document Type: Article

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