Overproduction, purification and characterization of FgaPT2, a dimethylallyltryptophan synthase from Aspergillus fumigatus

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1499-1505

  Unsöld, Inge A ^a   Li, Shu Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ERGOT ALKALOID; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYROPHOSPHATE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG INDUSTRY; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 19044365898     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27759-0     Document Type: Article

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