An octameric prokaryotic glutamine synthetase from the haloarchaeon Haloferax mediterranei

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-116

  Martínez Espinosa, Rosa María ^a   Esclapez, Julia ^a   Bautista, Vanesa ^a   Bonete, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonium assimilation; Archaea; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; Halophile

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; IMINE; METAL ION; METHIONINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33749450342     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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