AhlD, an N-acylhomoserine lactonase in Arthrobacter sp., and predicted homologues in other bacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1541-1550

  Park, Sun Yang ^a,c   Lee, Sang Jun ^a,d   Oh, Tae Kwang ^b   Oh, Jong Won ^c   Koo, Bon Tag ^a   Yum, Do Young ^a   Lee, Jung Kee ^a,b  

^a inBioNET Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PECTATE LYASE; PROTEIN AHLD; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KYUSHUENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0038818560     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26269-0     Document Type: Article

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