Kinetic mechanism of vanillyl-alcohol oxidase with short-chain 4- alkylphenols

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 712-719

  Fraaije, Marco W ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Robert H H ^a   Roelofs, Jules C A A ^a   Van Berkel, Willem J H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alkylphenol; Flavoprotein; Kinetic isotope effect; P quinone methide; Vanillyl alcohol oxidase

Indexed keywords

4 ETHYLPHENOL; 4 PROPYLPHENOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLYL ALCOHOL OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0032079529     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530712.x     Document Type: Article

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