Purified recombinant Escherichia coli ketol-acid reductoisomerase is unsuitable for use in a coupled assay of acetohydroxyacid synthase activity due to an unexpected side reaction

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-61

  Hill, Craig M ^a   Duggleby, Ronald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HYDROXYACID; KETOL ACID REDUCTOISOMERASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033083508     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.0988     Document Type: Article

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