The AmiE aliphatic amidase and AmiF formamidase of Helicobacter pylori: Natural evolution of two enzyme paralogues

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 596-609

  Skouloubris, Stéphane ^a,b   Labigne, Agnès ^a   De Reuse, Hilde ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; ACRYLAMIDE; ALIPHATIC AMINE; AMIDASE; FORMAMIDASE; PROPIONAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034999677     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02400.x     Document Type: Article

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