Biosynthesis of long-chain polyamines by crenarchaeal polyamine synthases from Hyperthermus butylicus and Pyrobaculum aerophilum

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3519-3524

  Knott, Jürgen Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Hyperthermus butylicus; Long chain polyamine; Polyamine synthesis; Pyrobaculum aerophilum

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; POLYAMINE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN SPEE; PROTEIN SPEE I; PROTEIN SPEE II; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYPERTHERMUS; HYPERTHERMUS BUTYLICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYROBACULUM; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; LIGASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYAMINES; PYROBACULUM; PYRODICTIACEAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CRENARCHAEOTA; HYPERTHERMUS BUTYLICUS; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM;

EID: 70350329368     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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