A new sulfurtransferase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus: Being single is not so simple when temperature gets high

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4572-4587

  Giuliani, Marie Cécile ^a   Tron, Pascale ^a   Leroy, Gisèle ^a   Aubert, Corinne ^a   Tauc, Patrick ^b   Giudici Orticoni, Marie Thérèse ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Aquifex aeolicus; Hyperthermophile; Oligomerization; Sulfurtranferase; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MONOMER; SULFIDE; SULFURTRANSFERASE; TETRAMER; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; KINETICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SULFURTRANSFERASES;

AQUIFEX; AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548138933     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05985.x     Document Type: Article

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