Investigation of the Methanosarcina thermophila acetate kinase mechanism by fluorescence quenching

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 49, 2007, Pages 14170-14176

  Gorrell, Andrea ^a,b   Ferry, James G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEOTIDES; QUENCHING; STABILIZATION;

FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; KINETIC ANALYSES; METHANOSARCINA THERMOPHILA ACETATE KINASE; REVERSIBLE TRANSFER;

ENZYMES;

ACETATE KINASE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME BINDING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; METHANOSARCINA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ACETATE KINASE; ARGININE; KINETICS; METHANOSARCINA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

METHANOSARCINA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 37049030042     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701292a     Document Type: Article

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