Purification and characterization of aspartate racemase from the bivalve mollusk Scapharca broughtonii

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-314

  Shibata, Kimihiko ^a,c   Watanabe, Takashi ^b   Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Abe, Katsumasa ^a   Takahashi, Shouji ^a   Kera, Yoshio ^a   Yamada, Ryo Hei ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ICHINOSEKI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartate racemase; Blood shell; D Aspartate; L Aspartate; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Scapharca broughtonii

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; ASPARTATE RACEMASE; ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; SERINE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FOOT; GEL FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; SCAPHARCA; SCAPHARCA BROUGHTONII;

EID: 0037306393     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00267-1     Document Type: Article

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