Cloning, solubilization, and characterization of squalene synthase from Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3808-3816

  Lee, Sungwon ^a   Poulter, C Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DETERGENT; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GLYCEROL; HOPANOID; MAGNESIUM ION; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SQUALENE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; ZARAGOZIC ACID A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; IC 50; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLUBILIZATION; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYSORBATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLUBILITY; SQUALENE; TEMPERATURE;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS BP-1; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 44349097602     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01939-07     Document Type: Article

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