Mutational analysis of Asp51 of Anabaena azollae glutamine synthetase. D51E mutation confers resistance to the active site inhibitors L-methionine- DL-sulfoximine and phosphinothricin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1202-1209

  Crespo, José L ^a,b   Guerrero, Miguel G ^a   Florencio, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anabaena azollae; Glutamine synthetase; L methionine DL sulfoximine; Phosphinothricin; Site directed mutant

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIA; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HERBICIDE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANABAENA; ASPARTIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HERBICIDES; KINETICS; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033573081     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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