Aspartate carbamoyltransferase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius: Cloning, sequence analysis, enzyme purification and characterization

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 233-241

  Durbecq, Virginie ^f   Thia Toong, Thia Lin ^a,b   Charlier, Daniel ^b,c   Villeret, Vincent ^d   Roovers, Martine ^a,b   Wattiez, Ruddy ^e   Legrain, Christianne ^d   Glansdorff, Nicolas ^a,b,d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c Institut de Recherches du CERIA   (Belgium)

^d Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J M Wiame   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Aspartate carbamoyltransferase; Protein purification; PyrB; PyrI; Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 0033567285     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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