Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase from the archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus: Mechanism of the reaction and assignment of disulfide bonds

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 4834-4844

  Cacciapuoti, Giovanna ^a   Moretti, Maria Angela ^a   Forte, Sabrina ^a   Brio, Assunta ^a   Camardella, Laura ^b   Zappia, Vincenzo ^a   Porcelli, Marina ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 methyl thioadenosine phosphorylase; Disulfide bonds; Hyperthermostability; Purine nucleoside phosphorylase; Pyrococcus furiosus

Indexed keywords

5' METHYLTHIOADENOSINE PHOSPHORYLASE; PHOSPHORYLASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISULFIDES; ENZYME STABILITY; GUANIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PURINE-NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 11244303489     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04449.x     Document Type: Article

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