A novel bifunctional N-acetylglutamate synthase-kinase from Xanthomonas campestris that is closely related to mammalian N-acetylglutamate synthase

BMC Biochemistry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Qu, Qiuhao ^a,b   Morizono, Hiroki ^a   Shi, Dashuang ^a   Tuchman, Mendel ^a   Caldovic, Ljubica ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYLGLUTAMATE KINASE; ARGININE; GLUTAMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MAMMALIA; XANTHOMONADALES; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO-ACID N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 34249698126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-8-4     Document Type: Article

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