Characterization of a 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/carbonyl reductase from the gram-negative bacterium Comamonas testosteroni

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 744-749

  Oppermann, Udo C T ^a,b   Maser, Edmund ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bile acid; Carbonyl reduction; Ecdysteroid; Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Short chain dehydrogenase reductases

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CARBONYL REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029973223     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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