Purification and characterization of a highly selective epoxide hydrolase from Nocardia sp. EH1

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Kroutil, Wolfgang ^a   Genzel, Yvonne ^b   Pietzsch, Markus ^b   Syldatk, Christian ^b   Faber, Kurt ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epoxide Hydrolase; Nocardia sp. EH1; Purification; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; DETERGENTS; HYDROPHOBIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; MONOMERS; PH; PURIFICATION;

ENZYME STABILIZATION; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE;

ENZYMES;

EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; POLYSORBATE 80; TRITON X 100;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NOCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DETERGENTS; ENZYME STABILITY; EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NOCARDIA; SALTS; TEMPERATURE;

NOCARDIA SP.;

EID: 0032522192     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(98)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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