Cloning and characterization of dihydrofolate reductase from a facultative alkaliphilic and halotolerant bacillus strain

Extremophiles

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-83

  Redecke, Lars ^a   Brehm, Maria A ^a,b   Bredehorst, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaliphily; Bacillus halodurans; Biochemical characterization; Diyhdrofolate reductase; His tag; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; UREA;

BACILLUS HALODURANS; BACILLUS HALODURANS C-125; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846137707     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-006-0013-6     Document Type: Article

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