Characterization of o-acetyl-l-serine sulfhydrylase purified from an alkaliphilic bacterium

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2352-2359

  Sugihara, Yukiko ^a   Yamagata, Shuzo ^a,b   Mizuno, Yasuko ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphilic bacterium; Cysteine; O acetyl L serine; Sulfhydrylase

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; SULFUR; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE SILENCING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034331887     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.2352     Document Type: Article

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