Mutagenesis of Escherichia coli uridine phosphorylase by random pentapeptide insertions

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-314

  Oliva, Ilaria ^a   Zuffi, Gabriele ^b   Orsini, Gaetano ^b   Tonon, Giancarlo ^b   De Gioia, Luca ^c   Ghisotti, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FAITAL Spa   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Mutagenesis; Transposon; Uridine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS;

URACIL; URIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE (UP);

MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PENTAPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; URACIL; URIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 3242875274     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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