Production and characterization of a plant α-hydroxynitrile lyase in Escherichia coli

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 332-338

  Hughes, J ^a   Lakey, J H ^a   Hughes, M A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hydroxynitrile lyase; cassava; cyanogenesis; cyanohydrin; Escherichia coli expression vector

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHARACTERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CASSAVA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTRA; CYANOGENESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYNITRILE LYASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ENZYMES;

ALPHA HYDROXYNITRILE LYASE; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0031553672     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970205)53:3<332::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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