Some Properties of Glycine Aminotransferase Purified from Rhodopseudomonas palustris No. 7 Concerning Extracellular Porphyrin Production

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 783-789

  Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi ^a   Ohtani, Masahiro ^a   Amachi, Seigo ^a   Shinoyama, Hirofumi ^a   Fujii, Takaaki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycine aminotransferase; Photosynthetic bacteria; Porphyrin; Rhodopseudomonas palustris

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS; GLYCINE; GLYCINE TRANSAMINASE; GLYOXYLATES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PORPHYRINS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSAMINASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0041350366     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.783     Document Type: Article

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