Purification and properties of the pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase from Dictyoglomus thermophilum Rt46 B.1

Extremophiles

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-137

  Ding, Yan Huai R ^a   Ronimus, Ron S ^a   Morgan, Hugh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dictyoglomus thermophilum; Phosphofructokinase; Polyphosphate; Pyrophosphate; Tripolyphosphate

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; DIPHOSPHATES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AMYCOLATOPSIS METHANOLICA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOGLOMUS THERMOPHILUM; THERMOPHILUM; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0033136099     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050108     Document Type: Article

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