Aquifex aeolicus PilT, homologue of a surface motility protein, is a thermostable oligomeric NTPase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6465-6471

  Herdendorf, Timothy J ^a   McCaslin, Darrell R ^a   Forest, Katrina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATASE; PILT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; EUBACTERIUM; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HEAT; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036889032     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.23.6465-6471.2002     Document Type: Article

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