TMAOase, trimethylamine-N-oxide demethylase, is a thermostable and active enzyme at 80°C

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 414-420

  Kimura, Meiko ^a   Kimura, Ikuo ^b   Seki, Nobuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dimethylamine; Formaldehyde; Thermal stability; Trimethylamine; Trimethylamine N oxide (TMAO); Trimethylamine N oxide demethylase (TMAOase); Walleye pollack

Indexed keywords

POLLACHIUS POLLACHIUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 0038035341     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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