Atrazine chlorohydrolase from Pseudomonas sp. Strain ADP: Gene sequence, enzyme purification, and protein characterization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4894-4900

  De Souza, Mervyn L ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a   Wackett, Lawrence P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLOROHYDROLASE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DESETHYLDESISOPROPYLATRAZINE; HYDROLASE; HYDROXYATRAZINE; MELAMINE; SIMAZINE; TERBUTYLAZINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORDONIA RUBRIPERTINCTUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029784331     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4894-4900.1996     Document Type: Article

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