Functional characterization by genetic complementation of aroB-encoded dehydroquinate synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and its heterologous expression and purification

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6246-6252

  De Mendonça, Jordana Dutra ^a   Ely, Fernanda ^a   Palma, Mario Sergio ^b   Frazzon, Jeverson ^c   Basso, Luiz Augusto ^a   Santos, Diógenes Santiago ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 DEHYDROQUINATE SYNTHASE; 3 DEOXY DEXTRO ARABINOHEPTULOSONATE 7 PHOSPHATE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; MANNOHEPTULOSE; PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SHIKIMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROB GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548491616     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00425-07     Document Type: Article

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