Construction and evaluation of a novel bifunctional N-carbamylase-D- hydantoinase fusion enzyme

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2133-2138

  Kim, Geun Joong ^a   Lee, Dong Eun ^a   Kim, Hak Sung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPYRIMIDINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOCATENULATUS; RADIOBACTER;

EID: 0034114092     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.5.2133-2138.2000     Document Type: Article

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