Hydroxynitrile lyases of higher plants

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 377, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 611-617

  Wajant, Harald ^a   Effenberger, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocatalyst; Cyanogenesis; Cyanohydrins; Hydroxynitrile

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FLAVOPROTEIN; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LYASE; NITRILE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATABOLISM; CATALYST; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GERMINATION; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0029909939     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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