Ether cleaving methyltransferases of the strict anaerobe Acetobacterium dehalogenans: Controlling the substrate spectrum by genetic engineering of the N-terminus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 230-237

  Kreher, Sandra ^a   Studenik, Sandra ^a   Diekert, Gabriele ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CORRINOID; ETHER; GUAIACOL; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASE; O DEMETHYLASE; VANILLIC ACID;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ACETOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ANISOLES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VANILLIC ACID;

ACETOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS;

EID: 77957227115     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07333.x     Document Type: Article

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