Homo-dimeric recombinant dihydrofolate reductase from Thermotoga maritima shows extreme intrinsic stability

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-371

  Dams, Thomas ^a   Böhm, Gerald ^b   Auerbach, Günter ^c   Bader, Gerd ^c   Schurig, Hartmut ^a   Jaenicke, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative modeling; Crystallization; Dihydrofolate reductase; Dimer; Thermostability; Thermotoga maritima

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIMER; GUANIDINE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0345647102     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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