Tolerance of the Ralstonia eutropha class I polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase for translational fusions to its C terminus reveals a new mode of functional display

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5461-5466

  Jahns, Anika C ^a   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; C TERMINUS; C-TERMINAL REGIONS; CLASS I; FUNCTIONAL PROTEINS; FUSION PARTNERS; FUSION PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEINS; N-TERMINAL EXTENSION; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; POSITIVE INTERACTION; PROTEIN A; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA; REPORTER PROTEIN; TRANSLATIONAL FUSION;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMER; PROTEIN; TOLERANCE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR;

EID: 69449086810     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01072-09     Document Type: Article

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