Cloning and characterization of a heat-stable CMP-N-acylneuraminic acid synthetase from Clostridium thermocellum

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 827-834

  Mizanur, Rahman M ^a   Pohl, Nicola L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; CHARACTERIZATION; CLONING; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; DIVALENT CATIONS; THERMOSTABLE ENZYMES; TURNOVER NUMBERS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ACYLNEURAMINATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; BUFFER; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DITHIOTHREITOL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; N GLYCOLOYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOSTABILITY; VELOCITY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; N-ACYLNEURAMINATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM ATCC 27405;

EID: 34548314438     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1053-2     Document Type: Article

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