Purification in an active state and properties of the 3-step phytoene desaturase from Rhodobacter capsulatus overexpressed in Escherichia coli

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 559-564

  Raisig, Axel ^a   Bartley, Glenn ^b   Scolnik, Pablo ^b   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurosporene; Overexpression of protein; Phytoene desaturase; Rhodobacter capsulatus; carotene

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; ENZYME; NEUROSPORENE; PHYTOENE; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0029916152     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021278     Document Type: Article

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