Papain-catalyzed synthesis of aspartame precursor: A comparison with thermolysin

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-47

  Nakaoka, Hiroshi ^a,b   Miyajima, Yoshiro ^a   Morihara, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

^b Sankei Chemical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartame precursor; Biphasic system; Equilibrium controlled process; Papain; Peptide synthesis; Thermolysin

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; PROTEINS;

ASPARTAME PRECURSOR; PAPAIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; THERMOLYSIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ASPARTAME; ESTERASE; PAPAIN; THERMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUPLING FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEM CELL;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031933241     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)80351-0     Document Type: Article

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