Characterization of an HPr kinase mutant of Staphylococcus xylosus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1895-1902

  Huynh, Phuong Lan ^a   Jankovic, Ivana ^a   Schnell, Norbert F ^b   Brückner, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRUVALDEHYDE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0034023216     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1895-1902.2000     Document Type: Article

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