Escherichia coli cyclopropane fatty acid synthase: Mechanistic and site-directed mutagenetic studies

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 4769-4778

  Courtois, Fabienne ^a   Guérard, Christine ^a   Thomas, Xavier ^a   Ploux, Olivier ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Cyclopropane fatty acid synthase; Enzymatic reaction mechanism; Hydrogen isotope exchange; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

5,5' DITHIOBIS(2 NITROBENZOIC ACID); CYCLOPROPANE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 11244252157     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04441.x     Document Type: Article

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