Occurrence of D-amino acids and a pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent aspartate racemase in the acidothermophilic archaeon, Thermoplasma acidophilum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 317-321

  Long, Zhiqun ^a,b   Lee, Jen Ai ^b,c   Okamoto, Taizo ^b   Sekine, Masae ^a   Nimura, Noriyuki ^a   Imai, Kazuhiro ^b   Yohda, Masafumi ^d   Maruyama, Tadashi ^e   Sumi, Masato ^f   Kamo, Naoki ^f   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^g   Oshima, Tairo ^g   Homma, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE RACEMASE; ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

ARCHAEA; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

EID: 0034808464     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4353     Document Type: Article

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