Correlation between catalytic activity and monomer-dimer equilibrium of bacterial alanine racemases

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-89

  Ju, Jiansong ^a   Xu, Shujing ^a   Furukawa, Yukio ^b   Zhang, Yong ^c   Misono, Haruo ^c   Minamino, Tohru ^b   Namba, Keiichi ^b   Zhao, Baohua ^a   Ohnishi, Kouhei ^d  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alanine racemase; analytical ultracentrifugation; association constant; dynamic equilibrium; gel filtration chromatography; native PAGE

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; DIMER; HISTIDINE; MONOMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ALANINE RACEMASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENZYME ASSAYS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 78650669920     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvq120     Document Type: Article

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