Purification and characterization of thermostable glycerol kinase from Thermus flavus

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 328-332

  Huang, Hua Shan ^a   Yoshida, Tomohiro ^a   Meng, Yang ^a   Kabashima, Tsutomu ^a   Ito, Kiyoshi ^a   Nishiya, Yoshiaki ^b   Kawamura, Yoshihisa ^b   Yoshimoto, Tadashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toyobo Tsuruga Inst of Biotech   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycerol 3 phosphotransferase; Glycerol kinase; Thermostable enzyme; Thermus flavus

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARACTERIZATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCES; FILTRATION; FRACTIONATION; GLYCEROL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PURIFICATION;

GLYCEROL KINASE; GLYCEROL PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THERMUS FLAVUS;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

4 CHLOROMERCURIBENZOIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIHYDROXYACETONE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL KINASE; MANGANESE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030940786     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)80137-7     Document Type: Article

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