Properties of glutamate racemase from Bacillus subtilis IFO 3336 producing poly-γ-glutamate

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1156-1163

  Ashiuchi, Makoto ^a   Tani, Kazuhiko ^a   Soda, Kenji ^b   Misono, Haruo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Glutamate racemase; Poly glutamate; Poly glutamate producer

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE SULFINIC ACID; RACEMASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031778765     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022055     Document Type: Article

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