Characterization of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides 5-aminolaevulinic acid synthase isoenzymes, HemA and HemT, isolated from recombinant Escherichia coli

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 290-299

  Bolt, Edward L ^c   Kryszak, Luiza ^a   Zeilstra Ryalls, Jill ^a   Shoolingin Jordan, Peter M ^d   Warren, Martin J ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aminolaevulinic acid synthase; Isoenzyme; Photosynthetic bacterium; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

5-AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHETASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0033214249     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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