Biochemical characterisation of the D60A mutant of the elongation factor 1α from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Biochimie

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 835-842

  Ruggiero, Immacolata ^a,b   Cantiello, Piergiuseppe ^a   Lamberti, Anna ^a   Sorrentino, Angela ^a   Martucci, Nicola M ^b   Ruggiero, Alessia ^c   Arcone, Rosaria ^b   Vitagliano, Luigi ^c   Arcari, Paolo ^a   Masullo, Mariorosario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elongation factor 1 ; Heat stability; Mutagenic analysis; Nucleotide binding site; Sulfolobus solfataricus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOXYL GROUP; EDETIC ACID; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MAGNESIUM ION; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

GENETIC VECTORS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MUTATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 67349168130     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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