Biochemical characterization of two thymidylate synthases in Corynebacterium glutamicum NCHU 87078

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1804, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1751-1759

  Kan, Shu Chen ^a   Liu, Jai Shin ^b   Hu, Hui Yu ^c   Chang, Chia Ming ^b   Lin, Wei De ^a,d,e   Wang, Wen Ching ^b   Hsu, Wen Hwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; FAD binding; Site based mutation; Thymidylate synthase A; Thymidylate synthase X

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE A; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE X; DIMER; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; TETRAMER; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 77955096031     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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