Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima: Expression of the g6pd gene and characterization of an extremely thermophilic enzyme

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 249-253

  Hansen, Thomas ^a   Schlichting, Bettina ^a   Schönheit, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entner Doudoroff pathway; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Hyperthermophilic bacterium; Thermostability; Thermotoga maritima

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; KINETICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0037027540     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01021-2     Document Type: Article

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