Characterization of recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana threonine synthase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 212-221

  Laber, Bernd ^a   Maurer, Wolfgang ^a   Hanke, Christiane ^a   Gräfe, Susanna ^b   Ehlert, Stephan ^c   Messerschmidt, Albrecht ^c   Clausen, Tim ^c  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Enzyme activation; Pyridoxal 5' phosphate; S adenosyl L methionine; Threonine synthase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; HOMOSERINE; PHOSPHATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THREONINE; THREONINE SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033168849     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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