A novel hyperthermostable 5′-deoxy-5′-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1886-1899

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

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 deoxy 5 methylthioadenosine phosphorylase; Disulfide bonds; Hyperthermostability; Purine nucleoside phosphorylase; Sulfolobus solfataricus

Indexed keywords

5' METHYLTHIOADENOSINE; 5' METHYLTHIOADENOSINE PHOSPHORYLASE; GUANIDINE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PURINE-NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 17444373078     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04619.x     Document Type: Article

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