A MOFRL family glycerate kinase from the thermophilic crenarchaeon, Sulfolobus tokodaii, with unique enzymatic properties

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1937-1941

  Liu, Bo ^a   Wu, Lei ^b   Liu, Tianming ^a   Hong, Ye ^b   Shen, Yulong ^b   Ni, Jinfeng ^b  

^a QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2 phosphoglycerate; Archaea; Glycerate kinase; Phosphate donor specificity; Sulfolobus tokodaii

Indexed keywords

2-PHOSPHOGLYCERATE; ARCHAEA; CATALYTIC PRODUCTION; ENZYMATIC PROPERTIES; HOMODIMERIC PROTEINS; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC; SULFOLOBUS TOKODAII; THERMOSTABLE ENZYMES;

ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS TOKODAII;

2 PHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; 2-PHOSPHOGLYCERATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; COBALT; GLYCERATE KINASE; GLYCERIC ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COBALT; COENZYMES; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCERIC ACIDS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 73949148996     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0089-z     Document Type: Article

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