Identification, cloning, purification, and enzymatic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase

Glycobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 813-820

  Bailey, Ann Marie ^a   Mahapatra, Sebabrata ^a   Brennan, Patrick J ^a   Crick, Dean C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Glyceraldehyde; Isopentenyl diphosphate synthesis; Pyruvate; Transketolase

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY DEXTRO XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COCARBOXYLASE; DIVALENT CATION; GLYCERALDEHYDE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM ION; MEVALONIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHATE; PYRUVIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; TRANSKETOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RECOMBINANT GENE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERASES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036966211     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwf100     Document Type: Review

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