Biosynthesis of cyanobacterial phycobiliproteins in escherichia coli: Chromophorylation efficiency and specificity of all bilin lyases from synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2729-2739

  Biswas, Avijit ^a   Vasquez, Yasmin M ^a   Dragomani, Tierna M ^a   Kronfel, Monica L ^a   Williams, Shervonda R ^a   Alvey, Richard M ^b   Bryant, Donald A ^b   Schluchter, Wendy M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; BETA SUBUNIT; BILIN CHROMOPHORE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CO-EXPRESSION SYSTEMS; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYSTEINE RESIDUES; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN-VIVO; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LYASE ACTIVITY; N-TERMINALS; PHYCOBILIPROTEINS; PHYCOCYANIN; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TETRAPYRROLES; THIOETHER LINKAGES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHROMOPHORES;

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYCOBILIN; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PHYCOCYANOBILIN FERREDOXIN OXIDOREDUCTASE, SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOBILIPROTEINS; PHYCOCYANIN; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 77951570324     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03100-09     Document Type: Article

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