Gene ytkD of Bacillus subtilis encodes an atypical nucleoside triphosphatase member of the Nudix hydrolase superfamily

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 8380-8384

  Xu, WenLian ^a   Jones, Candice R ^a   Dunn, Christopher A ^a   Bessman, Maurice J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUDIX HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; YTKD GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 10044266564     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.24.8380-8384.2004     Document Type: Article

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