Alteration of the substrate range of haloalkane dehalogenase by site- directed mutagenesis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 520-523

  Holloway, Paul ^a   Knoke, Kyle L ^b,c   Trevors, Jack T ^b   Lee, Hung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Haloalkane dehalogenase; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATES;

BIOREMEDIATION; DICHLOROETHANE; HALOALKANE DEHALOGENASE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALKANE; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; XANTHOBACTER;

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; HYDROLASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENYLALANINE;

EID: 0032552222     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980820)59:4<520::AID-BIT16>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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