Diaphorase catalyzed biotransformation of RDX via N-denitration mechanism

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 296, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 779-784

  Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Halasz, Annamaria ^a   Spain, Jim C ^b   Hawari, Jalal ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Clostridium sp.; Denitration; Diaphorase; RDX

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; APOENZYME; CARBON; CYCLONITE; CYTOCHROME C; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; ENZYME; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; RADICAL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRATION; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RODENTICIDES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZINES;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM KLUYVERI; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.;

EID: 0036386376     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00874-4     Document Type: Article

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