Solvent effects on the catalytic activity of subtilisin suspended in organic solvents

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-264

  De Sampaio, Teresa Corrêa ^a   Melo, Rui B ^a   Moura, Teresa F ^a   Michel, Stefan ^a   Barreiros, Susana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

activity; organic solvents; solvent effects; subtilisin

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; EFFECTS; ENZYMES; ETHERS; HYDRATION; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TOLUENE; WATER;

DIISOPROPYL ETHER; HEXANE; SOLVENT EFFECTS; SUBTILISIN; WATER PARTITIONING;

ESTERIFICATION;

ORGANIC SOLVENT; SUBTILISIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESTERIFICATION; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SOLVATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030570125     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960505)50:3<257::AID-BIT4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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