Characterization of L-aspartate oxidase and quinolinate synthase from Bacillus subtilis

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5090-5107

  Marinoni, Ilaria ^a   Nonnis, Simona ^b   Monteferrante, Carmine ^a   Heathcote, Peter ^c   Härtig, Elisabeth ^d   Böttger, Lars H ^e   Trautwein, Alfred X ^e   Negri, Armando ^b   Albertini, Alessandra M ^a   Tedeschi, Gabriella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

L aspartate oxidase; NAD biosynthesis; NadA; NadB; Quinolinate synthase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE OXIDASE; QUINOLINATE SYNTHASE; QUINOLINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 52449108671     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06641.x     Document Type: Article

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