Mutagenesis and biochemical studies on AuaA conWrmed the importance of the two conserved aspartate-rich motifs and suggested diVerence in the amino acids for substrate binding in membrane-bound prenyltransferases

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 589-595

  Stec, Edyta ^a   Li, Shu Ming ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aurachin biosynthesis; Farnesyltransferase; Membrane bound prenyltransferase; Mutagenesis; Myxobacteria

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; AUAA PROTEIN; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; STIGMATELLA AURANTIACA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

MYXOCOCCALES; STIGMATELLA AURANTIACA;

EID: 84866035527     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-012-0795-0     Document Type: Article

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