Transamination as a side-reaction catalyzed by alanine racemase of Bacillus stearothermophilus

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1163-1169

  Kurokawa, Yoichi ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^a   Yoshimura, Tohru ^a   Esaki, Nobuyoshi ^a   Soda, Kenji ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active site lysine; Alanine racemase; Pyridoxal 5' phosphate; Reaction mechanism; Transamination

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; METHYLAMINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PYRIDOXAL; PYRIDOXAMINE; PYRUVIC ACID; TRITIUM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PH; TRANSAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032446374     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022234     Document Type: Article

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