Citrate synthase from Thermus aquaticus: A thermostable bacterial enzyme with a five-membered inter-subunit ionic network

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-16

  Karlsson, Eva Nordberg ^b   Crennell, Susan J ^a   Higgins, Catherine ^a   Nawaz, Salina ^a   Yeoh, Louisa ^a   Hough, David W ^a   Danson, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Citrate synthase; Protein thermostability; Thermophile; Thermus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMUS;

EID: 0038049070     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-002-0290-7     Document Type: Article

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