Catalytic properties of domain-exchanged chimeric proteins between firefly luciferase and Drosophila fatty acyl-CoA synthetase CG6178

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2739-2744

  Oba, Yuichi ^a   Tanaka, Kiichi ^a   Inouye, Satoshi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Chimeric protein; Fatty acyl CoA synthetase; Firefly luciferase

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CATALYSIS;

CHIMERIC PROTEINS; FATTY ACYL COA SYNTHETASE; FIREFLY LUCIFERASES; SYNTHETIC ACTIVITIES;

ENZYMES;

ADENINE; FATTY ACID; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FIREFLY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; COENZYME A LIGASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FATTY ACIDS; FIREFLIES; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 33751430978     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60364     Document Type: Article

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