The influence of metal ions on malic enzyme activity and lipid synthesis in Aspergillus niger

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-190

  Jernejc, Katarina ^a   Legiša, Matic ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Citric acid; Copper ion; Lipids; Malic enzyme; Metal inhibition

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; COPPER ION; IRON; LIPID; MAGNESIUM ION; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); MANGANESE; METAL ION; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KINETICS; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CATIONS; CITRIC ACID; COPPER; KINETICS; LIPIDS; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; METALS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0037126676     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01073-X     Document Type: Article

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