Residues Around the Catalytic Pocket of DdsA Are Important for Isoprenoids Chain Elongation
Nineteen mutants of decaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Gluconobacter suboxydans were generated and their production of ubiquinones (UQs) was compared to that of the wild type protein. The accessible surface area and the polarity of amino acid around the catalytic pocket wield remarkable influences on the isoprenoid chain elongation of UQs.
Keywords: Decaprenyl diphosphate synthase; site-directed mutagenesis; ubiquinone
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Mailbox 431, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Publication date: 01 January 2007
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