Functional characterization of the gene encoding UDP-glucose: Tetrahydrobiopterin α-glucosyltransferase in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-195

  Cha, En Young ^a   Jeong, Soon Park ^a   Jeon, Sireong ^a   Jin, Seon Kong ^a   Yong, Kee Choi ^a   Ryu, Jee Youn ^b   Park, Youn Il ^b   Young, Shik Park ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Photoprotection; Photosynthesis; Phycocyanin rod linker; Proteomics; Tetrahydrobiopterin glucoside

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BGLUT PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 7942; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OXYGEN; PHYCOCYANIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 19344365596     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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