Substrate specificity of thermostable D-alanine-D-alanine ligase from Thermotoga maritima ATCC 43589

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2790-2792

  Sato, Masaru ^a   Kirimura, Kohtaro ^a   Kino, Kuniki ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

D alanine D alanine ligase; D amino acid dipeptide; Thermophile; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; MUTAGENESIS; SUBSTRATES;

D-AMINO ACID DIPEPTIDE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMOPHILES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

ENZYMES;

D-ALANYLALANINE SYNTHETASE; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ENZYME STABILITY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ENTEROCOCCUS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 33751421505     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60307     Document Type: Article

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