Biochemical and mutational analysis of glutamine synthetase type III from the rumen anaerobe Ruminococcus albus 8

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 7481-7491

  Amaya, Kensey R ^a   Kocherginskaya, Svetlana A ^a   Mackie, Roderick I ^a   Cann, Isaac K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE III; MESSENGER RNA; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLNN GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS 8; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RUMINOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS 8;

EID: 27144437574     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.21.7481-7491.2005     Document Type: Article

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