Recombinant human serine racemase: Enzymologic characterization and comparison with its mouse ortholog

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Hoffman, Hillary E ^a,b   Jirásková, Jana ^a,b   Ingr, Marek ^b   Zvelebil, Marketa ^c   Konvalinka, Jan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

d Serine; Gene synthesis; Serine racemase

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; ISOMERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE RACEMASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 54849404912     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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