Strictly polyphosphate-dependent glucokinase in a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium, Microlunatus phosphovorus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 5654-5656

  Tanaka, Shotaro ^a   Lee, Sun Og ^a,b   Hamaoka, Kazuhiro ^a   Kato, Junichi ^a   Takiguchi, Noboru ^a   Nakamura, Kazunori ^c   Ohtake, Hisao ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROLUNATUS PHOSPHOVORUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROLUNATUS PHOSPHOVORUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041835984     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5654-5656.2003     Document Type: Article

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