Production of L-DOPA(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine) from benzene by using a hybrid pathway

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 339-343

  Park, Hee Sung ^a   Lee, Jang Young ^a   Kim, Hak Sung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benzene; Hybrid pathway; L DOPA(3,4 dihydroxyphenyl L alanine); Toluene dioxygenase; Tyrosine phenol lyase

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENZENE; CLONING; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENZYMES; SALTS;

PYRUVATE;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AMMONIA; BENZENE; LEVODOPA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; PYRUVIC ACID; TYROSINE PHENOL LYASE;

ARTICLE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SYNTHESIS;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BENZENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LEVODOPA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGENASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSFECTION; TYROSINE PHENOL-LYASE;

CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032485910     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980420)58:2/3<339::AID-BIT36>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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