Molecular identification of monomeric aspartate racemase from Bifidobacterium bifidum

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 4798-4803

  Yamashita, Tatsuyuki ^a   Ashiuchi, Makoto ^a   Ohnishi, Kouhei ^a   Kato, Shin'ichiro ^a   Nagata, Shinji ^a   Misono, Haruo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartate racemase; Bifidobacterium bifidum; D aspartate; Peptidoglycan; Probiotic agent

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE RACEMASE; ASPARTIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CATALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 11244267026     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04445.x     Document Type: Article

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