Substrate specificity and stereospecificity of limonene-1,2-epoxide hydrolase from Rhodococcus erythropolis DCL14; an enzyme showing sequential and enantioconvergent substrate conversion

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 380-385

  Van Der Werf, M J ^a   Orru, R V A ^b   Overkamp, K M ^a   Swarts, H J ^a   Osprian, I ^b   Steinreiber, A ^b   De Bont, J A M ^a   Faber, K ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 0032878036     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051535     Document Type: Article

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