Molecular and biochemical characterization of the recombinant amidase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Extremophiles

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-192

  D'Abusco, Anna Scotto ^a   Ammendola, Sergio ^a   Scandurra, Roberto ^a   Politi, Laura ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amidase; Archaea; Signatured amidase; Sulfolobus solfataricus; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; ARCHAEAL DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; METAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETICS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035379978     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920100190     Document Type: Article

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