Mutation Analysis of the Feedback Inhibition Site of Aspartokinase III of Escherichia coli K-12 and its Use in L-Threonine Production

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1149-1154

  Ogawa Miyata, Yuri ^a   Kojima, Hiroyuki ^a   Sano, Konosuke ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartokinase; Escherichia coli; Feedback inhibition site; L lysine; lysC

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE KINASE; LYSC ASPARTOKINASE; PRIMER DNA; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTATE KINASE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; THREONINE;

EID: 0035349372     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1149     Document Type: Article

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