Evolution of Enzymatic Activity in the Enolase Superfamily: Functional Studies of the Promiscuous o-Succinylbenzoate Synthase from Amycolatopsis

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 224-229

  Ringia, Erika A Taylor ^a   Garrett, James B ^a   Thoden, James B ^b   Holden, Hazel M ^b   Rayment, Ivan ^b   Gerlt, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; DEHYDRATION; NEGATIVE IONS; PROTONS; SUBSTRATES;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY;

ENZYMES;

2 SUCCINYLBENZOATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENOLASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYCOLATOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

AMYCOLATOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0346096856     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi035815+     Document Type: Article

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