Molecular characterization of alanine racemase in the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-258

  Yoshikawa, Naoko ^a   Okada, Shigeru ^a   Abe, Hiroki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Aquatic invertebrate; D alanine; D amino acid; Marsupenaeus japonicus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEXTRO ALANINE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CRUSTACEA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATOPANCREAS; INVERTEBRATE; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIME;

ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENAEIDAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTEBRATA; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 59449089921     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvn162     Document Type: Article

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