Phenylglyoxylate:NAD+ oxidoreductase (CoA benzoylating), a new enzyme of anaerobic phenylalanine metabolism in the denitrifying bacterium Azoarcus evansii

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 907-915

  Hirsch, Wolfram ^a   Schägger, Hermann ^b   Fuchs, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

oxidation; Acceptor oxidoreductase; Benzoyl CoA; Phenylacetate; Phenylalanine; Phenylglyoxylate

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLGLYOXYLIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; DECARBOXYLATION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; HYDROGENATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; COENZYME A; DURAPATITE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLYOXYLATES; GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; KINETICS; MANDELIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHENYLACETATES; PHENYLALANINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032006058     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2510907.x     Document Type: Article

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