Low-molecular-mass nitrile hydratase from Rhodococcus rhodochrous J1: Purification, substrate specificity and comparison with the analogous high-molecular-mass enzyme

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-22

  Wieser, Marco ^a   Takeuchi, Koji ^b   Wada, Yutaka ^c   Yamada, Hideaki ^b   Nagasawa, Toru ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isoenzyme; Nitrile hydratase; Rhodococcus rhodochrous J1; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

NITRILE HYDRATASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031734072     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00447-9     Document Type: Article

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