Mutational analysis of a type II thioesterase associated with nonribosomal peptide synthesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1536-1545

  Linne, Uwe ^a   Schwarzer, Dirk ^a   Schroeder, Gunnar N ^a,b   Marahiel, Mohamed A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catalytic triad; Fatty acid synthases; Nonribosomal peptide synthesis; Peptide synthetases; Type II thioesterase polyketide synthases

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ASPARAGINE; CYSTEINE; HYDROLASE; LIPOPEPTIDE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SERINE; SURFACTIN; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; HYDROLASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERON; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 2142710129     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04063.x     Document Type: Article

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