Serine hydroxymethyltransferase from the cold adapted microorganism Psychromonas ingrahamii: A low temperature active enzyme with broad substrate specificity

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1314-1326

  Angelaccio, Sebastiana ^a   Florio, Rita ^a   Consalvi, Valerio ^a   Festa, Guido ^a   Pascarella, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalytic promiscuity; Cofactor mediated stabilization; Cold adaptation; Psychromonas ingrahamii; Psychrophiles; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Serine hydroxymethyltransferase; Structural flexibility; Temperature dependence of enzyme activity

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HOLOENZYME; MEMBRANE FUSION PROTEIN; PHENYLSERINE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; THREO PHENYLSERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYST; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOW TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHROMONAS INGRAHAMII; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; COLD; ENZYMOLOGY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSYCHROMONAS INGRAHAMII;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENZYME STABILITY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84857684388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13021314     Document Type: Article

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