Tryptophan Aminopeptidase Activity of Several Indole Prenyltransferases from Aspergillus fumigatus

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 729-738

  Kremer, Anika ^a   Li, Shu Ming ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO; PROTEINS

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; EDETIC ACID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; EDETIC ACID; HYDROLYSIS; INDOLES; KINETICS; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPTOPHAN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 46849099981     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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