Purification and characterization of a monohalomethane-producing enzyme S-adenosyl-L-methionine: Halide ion methyltransferase from a marine microalga, Pavlova pinguis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2397-2404

  Ohsawa, Noboru ^a   Tsujita, Mika ^b   Morikawa, Satoru ^b   Itoh, Nobuya ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halide ion methyltransferase; Marine microalga; Monohalomethane; Pavlova pinguis; S adenosyl L methionine

Indexed keywords

PAVLOVA PINGUIS;

HALOGEN; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYL L METHIONINE HALIDE ION METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE HALIDE ION METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOGENS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYTOPLANKTON; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035524774     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.2397     Document Type: Article

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