Mutations in the translation initiation region of the pac gene resulting in increased levels of activity of penicillin G acylase

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2159-2164

  Akkaya, Özlem ^a   Öztürk, Saliha Işsever ^a   Bolhuis, Albert ^b   Gümüşel, Füsun ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codon usage; pac gene; Penicillin G acylase; Tat pathway; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

CODON USAGE; E. COLI; EXPRESSION LEVELS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PENICILLIN G ACYLASE; PERIPLASM; RIBOSOME BINDING SITES; TAT PATHWAY; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCATIONS; WILD TYPES;

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING;

GENE EXPRESSION;

PENICILLIN AMIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CODON; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBOSOME;

CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; PENICILLIN AMIDASE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBOSOMES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84860192105     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-012-1021-6     Document Type: Article

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