Characterization of a feedback-resistant mevalonate kinase from the archaeon Methanosarcina mazei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7772-7778

  Primak, Yuliya A ^a   Du, Mai ^a   Miller, Michael C ^a   Wells, Derek H ^a   Nielsen, Alex T ^a   Weyler, Walter ^a   Beck, Zachary Q ^a  

^a GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; ARCHAEON; DIPHOSPHATES; DIPHOSPHOMEVALONATE; FARNESYL PYROPHOSPHATES; FEEDBACK INHIBITION; INHIBITION PROFILE; ISOPRENOIDS; KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION; MEVALONATE; MEVALONATE KINASE; MEVALONATE PATHWAY; MONOPHOSPHATES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS;

ENZYMES;

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; MEVALONATE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TERPENE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; ISOPRENOID; PURIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS; REGULATORY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; KINETICS; METHANOSARCINA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TERPENES;

EID: 83155190942     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05761-11     Document Type: Article

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