L-amino acid oxidases with specificity for basic L-amino acids in cyanobacteria

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 273-284

  Gau, Achim E ^a   Heindl, Achim ^b   Nodop, Anke ^b   Kahmann, Uwe ^b   Pistorius, Elfriede K ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; L amino acid oxidase; Synechococcus elongatus PCC 6301 and PCC 7942

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM STANIERI; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942;

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID OXIDASE; ARGININE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; ORNITHINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS, BASIC; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARGININE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; KINETICS; L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSTOC; ORNITHINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 34547477263     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2007-3-419     Document Type: Article

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