Mechanism of product chain length determination for heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Bacillus stearothermophilus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 4520-4528

  Hirooka, Kazutake ^a   Ohnuma, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Koike Takeshita, Ayumi ^c   Koyama, Tanetoshi ^a   Nishino, Tokuzo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase; Molecular modeling; Prenyltransferase; Product specificity; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0033942062     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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