Novel Aminopeptidase Specific for Glycine from Actinomucor elegans

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-88

  Ito, Kiyoshi ^a   Ma, Xiaohang ^a,c   Azmi, Nik ^a   Huang, Hua Shan ^a   Fujii, Mikio ^b   Yoshimoto, Tadashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Actinomuco; Aminopeptidase; Glycine; Glycyl aminopeptidase; Peptidase

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMUCOR; ACTINOMUCOR ELEGANS;

AMINOPEPTIDASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; GLYCYLAMINOPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUCORALES; PH; TEMPERATURE;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUCORALES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042853401     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.83     Document Type: Article

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