Squalene-hopene cyclase from Bradyrhizobium japonicum : Cloning, expression, sequence analysis and comparison to other triterpenoid cyclases

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1235-1242

  Perzl, Michael ^a   Müller, Peter ^b   Poralla, Karl ^a   Kannenberg, Elmar L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Hopanoids; Squalene hopene cyclase; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HOPANOID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SQUALENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYCLIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEGUME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOTERRESTRIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM USDA 110; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 1842328052     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1235     Document Type: Article

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