Characterization of a Thermostable L-Arabinose (D-Galactose) Isomerase from the Hyperthermophilic Eubacterium Thermotoga maritima

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1397-1404

  Lee, Dong Woo ^a   Jang, Hyeung Jin ^b   Choe, Eun Ah ^a   Kim, Byoung Chan ^c   Lee, Sang Jae ^a   Kim, Seong Bo ^a   Hong, Young Ho ^a   Pyun, Yu Ryang ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS;

GENE ENCODING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARABINOSE ISOMERASE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE ISOMERASE; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TAGATOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARAA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HEAT TREATMENT; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 1642416740     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1397-1404.2004     Document Type: Article

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