The enzymes with benzil reductase activity conserved from bacteria to mammals

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-169

  Maruyama, Reiji ^a   Nishizawa, Mikio ^b   Itoi, Yasushi ^c   Ito, Seiji ^b   Inoue, Masami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c R and D Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzil; Benzil reductase; Benzoin; Sepiapterin reductase; Short chain dehydrogenase reductase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BENZENE; CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; REDUCTION;

RESIDUES CONSENSUS;

ENZYMES;

BENZIL REDUCTASE; BENZOIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SEPIAPTERIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE ISOLATION; GERBIL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BENZOIN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GERBILLINAE; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERBILLINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037187455     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(01)00426-6     Document Type: Article

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