Characterization of the biosynthetic pathway of glucosylglycerate in the archaeon Methanococcoides burtonii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1022-1030

  Costa, Joana ^a   Empadinhas, Nuno ^a   Gonçalves, Luís ^b   Lamosa, Pedro ^b   Santos, Helena ^b   Da Costa, Milton S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCOSYLGLYCERATE; GPGP PROTEIN; GPGS PROTEIN; MPGP PROTEIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GPGP GENE; GPGS GENE; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCOCCOIDES BURTONII; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ARCHAEA; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCERIC ACIDS; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCOCCOIDES BURTONII; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 31344453995     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.1022-1030.2006     Document Type: Article

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