The quaternary structure of Escherichia coli N-acetylneuraminate lyase is essential for functional expression

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-111

  Devenish, Sean R A ^a   Gerrard, Juliet A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Enzyme kinetics; Functional expression; N acetylneuraminate lyase; Protein stability; Quaternary structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LEUCINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINATE LYASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEUCINE; OXO-ACID-LYASES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68949131065     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.07.128     Document Type: Article

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