Water activity and substrate concentration effects on lipase activity

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 798-806

  Wehtje, Ernst ^a   Adlercreutz, Patrick ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Esterification; Kinetic parameters; Organic solvents

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES; WATER;

LIPASE; WATER ACTIVITY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

ACID; ALCOHOL; ENZYME; ESTER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HEXANE; SOLVENT; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 0031554889     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970905)55:5<798::AID-BIT10>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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