Functional and structural characterization of thermostable D-amino acid aminotransferases from Geobacillus spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1588-1594

  Lee, Seung Goo ^a   Hong, Seung Pyo ^b   Song, Jae Jim ^a   Kim, Su Jin ^a   Kwak, Mi Sun ^b   Sung, Moon Hee ^b,c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Bioleaders Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

AMINOTRANSFERASES; HOMOLOGY; HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN; KETOGLUTARATE;

ENZYMES;

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETICS; GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS KAUSTOPHILUS; GEOBACILLUS TOEBII; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSAMINASES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS KAUSTOPHILUS; GEOBACILLUS TOEBII; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM;

EID: 33144484886     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1588-1594.2006     Document Type: Article

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