Bacterial epoxide hydrolases of opposite enantiopreference

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 687-690

  Krenn, Wolfram ^a   Osprian, Ingrid ^a   Kroutil, Wolfgang ^a   Braunegg, Gerhart ^b   Faber, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Enantiopreference; Epoxide hydrolase; Methylotrophic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; ETHYLENE OXIDE;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROLYSIS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MYCOPLASMA; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS;

ACTINOMYCES; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MYCOPLANA RUBRA; NOCARDIA; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032865518     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005565108510     Document Type: Article

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