Redox-switch regulatory mechanism of thiolase from Clostridium acetobutylicum

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kim, Sangwoo ^a,b   Jang, Yu Sin ^c   Ha, Sung Chul ^d   Ahn, Jae Woo ^a   Kim, Eun Jung ^a   Hong Lim, Jae ^d   Cho, Changhee ^c   Shin Ryu, Yong ^b   Kuk Lee, Sung ^b   Lee, Sang Yup ^c   Kim, Kyung Jin ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUTANOL; CYSTEINE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; CHEMICAL BONDING; CONDENSATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOLVENT;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MODULATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REDOX STRESS; REDUCTION; WILD TYPE; ZOOGLOEA; ZOOGLOEA RAMEGERA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZOOGLOEA;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84942162949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9410     Document Type: Article

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