Characterization of LtsA from Rhodococcus erythropolis, an enzyme with glutamine amidotransferase activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2582-2591

  Mitani, Yasuo ^a   Ying Meng, Xian ^a   Kamagata, Yoichi ^a   Tamura, Tomohiro ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ARABINOGALACTAN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE AMIDOTRANSFERASE; LYSOZYME; MYCOLIC ACID; PROTEIN LTSA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MURAMIDASE; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGENOUS GROUP TRANSFERASES; RHODOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ERYTHROPOLIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 16844371918     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.8.2582-2591.2005     Document Type: Article

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