Trehalose-phosphate synthase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Cloning, expression and properties of the recombinant enzyme

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6091-6100

  Pan, Y T ^a   Carroll, J D ^a   Elbein, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HEPARIN; MANGANESE; METAL ION; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; PEPTIDE; POLYANION; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TREHALOSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEPARIN; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 18744415120     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03327.x     Document Type: Article

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