A gene from the mesophilic bacterium Dehalococcoides ethenogenes encodes a novel mannosylglycerate synthase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4075-4084

  Empadinhas, Nuno ^a   Albuquerque, Luciana ^a   Costa, Joana ^a   Zinder, Stephen H ^d   Santos, Manuel A S ^b   Santos, Helena ^c   Da Costa, Milton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELL EXTRACT; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCERIC ACID; MANNOSYL 3 PHOSPHOGLYCERATE PHOSPHATASE; MANNOSYL 3 PHOSPHOGLYCERATE SYNTHASE; MANNOSYLGLYCERATE; MANNOSYLGLYCERATE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHATASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROFLEXI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 3042523198     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4075-4084.2004     Document Type: Article

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