Pyruvic oxime dioxygenase from the heterotrophic nitrifier Alcaligenes faecalis: Purification, and molecular and enzymatic properties

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-52

  Ono, Yasufumi ^a   Enokiya, Atsushi ^a   Masuko, Daisuke ^a   Shoji, Kazuo ^a   Yamanaka, Tateo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes faecalis; Dioxygenase; Heterotrophic nitrifier; Nonheme iron; Pyruvic oxime

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRITE; NONHEME IRON; PYRUVIC ACID; PYRUVIC OXIME; PYRUVIC OXIME DIOXYGENASE;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS;

EID: 0033017740     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029473     Document Type: Article

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