Identification and characterization of a cystathionine β/γ-lyase from Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris MG1363

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-254

  Dobric, Nada ^a   Limsowtin, Gäetan K Y ^b   Hillier, Alan J ^a,c   Dudman, Nicholas P B ^d   Davidson, Barrie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Starter Culture Res C   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid derivatization; Cheese flavor; Cystathionine lyase; Lactic acid bacterium

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA LYASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEESE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; CYSTEINE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 0033988405     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00599-6     Document Type: Article

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