Use of protein trans-splicing to produce active and segmentally 2H, 15N labeled mannuronan C5-epimerase AlgE4

Protein Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1534-1543

  Buchinger, Edith ^a,b,c   Aachmann, Finn L ^b   Aranko, A Sesilja ^c   Valla, Svein ^b   Skjåk BræK, Gudmund ^b   Iwaï, Hideo ^c   Wimmer, Reinhard ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alginate epimerases; Inteins; Protein ligation; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE EPIMERASE; EPIMERASE; INTEIN; MANNURONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CATALYSIS; DEUTERON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSTOC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN SPLICING; TRANS-SPLICING;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME;

EID: 77955118705     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.432     Document Type: Article

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