N-acetylanthranilate amidase from Arthrobacter nitroguajacolicus Rü61a, an α/β-hydrolase-fold protein active towards aryl-acylamides and -esters, and properties of its cysteine-deficient variant

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 8430-8440

  Kolkenbrock, Stephan ^a   Parschat, Katja ^a   Beermann, Bernd ^a   Hinz, Hans Jürgen ^a   Fetzner, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETANILIDE; AMIDASE; AMIDE; AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTHRANILIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE; ESTER; GUACETISAL; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; KANAMYCIN; N ACETYLANTHRANILATE AMIDASE; PHENYLACETIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER NITROGUAJACOLICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; ARTHROBACTER; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN FOLDING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARTHROBACTER NITROGUAJACOLICUS;

EID: 33845388436     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01085-06     Document Type: Article

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