Activity of hyperthermophilic glycosynthases is significantly enhanced at acidic pH

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 28, 2003, Pages 8484-8493

  Perugino, Giuseppe ^a   Trincone, Antonio ^b   Giordano, Assunta ^b   Van der Oost, John ^c   Kaper, Thijs ^c   Rossi, Mosè ^a,d   Moracci, Marco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; IONIZATION; PH EFFECTS;

MUTANTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BETA GLYCOSIDE; FORMATE SODIUM; FORMIC ACID; GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSYNTHASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME REACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; IONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSPHAERA AGGREGANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CALORIMETRY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFOLOBUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOSPHAERA AGGREGANS;

EID: 0038794581     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0345384     Document Type: Article

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