Biochemistry and biotechnology of mesophilic and thermophilic nitrile metabolizing enzymes

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-216

  Cowan, Don ^a   Cramp, Rebecca ^a   Graham, Rui Pereira Dan ^a   Almatawah, Qadreyah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Mesophile; Nitrilase; Nitrile; Nitrile hydratase; Thermophile; Thermostable

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY RESOURCES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NITRILASE; NITRILE AMIDASE; NITRILE HYDRATASE; NITRILE;

ACRYLAMIDE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOHYDROLASES; BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDRO-LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRILES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032144048     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050062     Document Type: Review

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