Mechanism of cyanogenesis: The crystal structure of hydroxynitrile lyase from Hevea brasiliensis

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 811-822

  Wagner, U G ^a   Hasslacher, M ^b,c   Griengl, H ^c   Schwab, H ^b,c   Kratky, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Institut für Biotechnologie und Bioprozesstechnik   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

cyanogenesis; cyanohydrin formation; oxynitrilase; X ray diffraction; hydrolase

Indexed keywords

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0030586027     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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