Heterologous Overexpression, Purification, and In Vitro Characterization of AHL Lactonases

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 692, Issue , 2011, Pages 275-290

  Thomas, Pei W ^a   Fast, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme kinetics; Lactonase; Metalloprotein; N acyl l homoserine lactone; Protein purification; Quorum quenching

Indexed keywords

AIIA PROTEIN, BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYLESTERASE; METAL; METALLOPROTEINASE; N ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONASE; N-ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; QUORUM SENSING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG DISCOVERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; KINETICS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; METALS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; QUORUM SENSING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952198419     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-971-0_20     Document Type: Chapter

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