Purification and characterization of dibenzothiophene (DBT) sulfone monooxygenase, an enzyme involved in DBT desulfurization, from Rhodococcus erythropolis D-1

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 610-616

  Ohshiro, Takashi ^a   Kojima, Tatsuya ^a   Torii, Kuniaki ^a   Kawasoe, Hiroshi ^a   Izumi, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dibenzothiophene; Microbial desulfurization; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESULFURIZATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ION EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; PURIFICATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE SULFONE MONOOXYGENASE; MICROBIAL DESULFURIZATION;

ENZYMES;

2,2' BIPYRIDINE; 8 QUINOLINOL; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE; NICKEL; OXATHIIN DERIVATIVE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DESULFURIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; RHODOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033388097     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(00)87088-7     Document Type: Article

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