Enzymological characteristics of the hyperthermostable NAD-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase from the archaeon Pyrobaculum islandicum and effects of denaturants and organic solvents

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2152-2157

  Kujo, Chizu ^a   Ohshima, Toshihisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; GUANIDINE; SOLVENT;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DEAMINATION; DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROBACULUM ISLANDICUM;

EID: 0031744984     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2152-2157.1998     Document Type: Article

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