Expression and characterization of a C24 bile acid 7α-dehydratase from Eubacterium sp. strain VPI 12708 in Escherichia coli

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1258-1267

  Dawson, Janet Adams ^a   Mallonee, Darrell H ^a   Björkhem, Ingemar ^b   Hylemon, Philip B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

7 dehydroxylation; secondary bile acids

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; HYDROLYASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BAIE PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM SCINDENS; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; HYDRO-LYASES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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