Characterization of Aphanizomenon ovalisporum amidinotransferase involved in cylindrospermopsin synthesis

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-458

  Barón Sola, Ángel ^a   Gutiérrez Villanueva, Miguel A ^a   del Campo, Francisca F ^a   Sanz Alférez, Soledad ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amidinotransferase; Cyanobacteria; Cylindrospermopsin; Enzyme activity; Guanidinoacetate; Toxin

Indexed keywords

AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; COBALT; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; PROTEIN AOAA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AOAA GENE; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT GENE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AMIDINOTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APHANIZOMENON; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; URACIL;

APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84897919543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.78     Document Type: Article

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