Biosynthesis of selenosubtilisin: A novel way to target selenium into the active site of subtilisin

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2454-2461

  Li, Jing ^a   Liu, Xiaoman ^a   Ji, Yuetong ^b   Qi, Zhenhui ^a   Ge, Yan ^a   Xu, Jiayun ^a   Liu, Junqiu ^a   Luo, Guimin ^b   Shen, Jiacong ^a  

^a Jilin University   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cysteine auxotrophic expression system; Glutathione peroxidase; Selenium; Selenocysteine; Selenosubtilisin

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749087910     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0349-7     Document Type: Article

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