Phenylalanine Hydroxylase from Legionella pneumophila Is a Thermostable Enzyme with a Major Functional Role in Pyomelanin Synthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Flydal, Marte I ^a   Chatfield, Christa H ^b   Zheng, Huaixin ^b   Gunderson, Felizza F ^b   Aubi, Oscar ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^b   Martinez, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; PYOMELANIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME STABILITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME STABILITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MELANINS; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE; TEMPERATURE; TYROSINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 84866885058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046209     Document Type: Article

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