Sulphoacetaldehyde acetyltransferase yields acetyl phosphate: Purification from Alcaligenes defragrans and gene clusters in taurine degradation

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-285

  Ruff, Jürgen ^a   Denger, Karin ^a   Cook, Alasdair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desulphonation; Phosphate acetyltransferase; Sequence comparison; Sulphoacetaldehyde sulpho lyase; Thiamin diphosphate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; IONS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; PROTEINS;

HOMOTETRAMER;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ACETYL PHOSPHATE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; COCARBOXYLASE; GENE PRODUCT; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SULFITE; SULFOACETALDEHYDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHROMOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSAMINATION;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TAURINE;

ACHROMOBACTER; ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES DEFRAGRANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM ALCALIGENES; BURKHOLDERIA FUNGORUM; DESULFONISPORA THIOSULFATIGENES; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0037440030     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021455     Document Type: Article

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