The wax ester synthase/acyl coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase from Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1: Characterization of a novel type of acyltransferase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1369-1376

  Stöveken, Tim ^a   Kalscheuer, Rainer ^a   Malkus, Ursula ^a   Reichelt, Rudolf ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLGLYCEROL PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; ESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACINETOBACTER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUKARYOTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALCOHOLS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIACEAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAXES;

EID: 14544268951     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.4.1369-1376.2005     Document Type: Article

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