Replacement of tyrosine 181 by phenylalanine in gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase I from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867 enhances catalytic activities

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 7543-7545

  Tan, Chew Ling ^a   Yeo, Chew Chieng ^c   Khoo, Hoon Eng ^a   Poh, Chit Laa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MALAYSIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 BROMOGENTISATE; 3 FLUOROGENTISATE; 3 ISOPROPYLGENTISATE; 3 METHYLGENTISATE; 4 CHLOROGENTISATE; 4 METHYLGENTISATE; GENTISATE 1,2 DIOXYGENASE I; GENTISIC ACID; OXYGENASE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE; XLNE GENE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CATALYSIS; DIOXYGENASES; GENTISATES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES;

EID: 27144490702     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.21.7543-7545.2005     Document Type: Article

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