Cloning, expression and characterization of glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase (strmlA) from Thermus caldophilus

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 437-442

  Parajuli, Niranjan ^a   Lee, Dea Sil ^b   Lee, Hei Chan ^a   Liou, Kwangkyoung ^a   Sohng, Jae Kyung ^a  

^a SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dTDP L Rhamnose; Glucose 1 phosphate thymidylyltransferase; Hydrophobic and charged residues; Thermus caldophilus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE THYMIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE THYMIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ARGILLACEUS; THERMUS; THERMUS CALDOPHILUS;

EID: 1642279672     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000018264.35237.86     Document Type: Article

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