Use of Bacterial γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase for Enzymatic Synthesis of γ-D-Glutamyl Compounds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6399-6404

  Suzuki, Hideyuki ^a   Izuka, Shunsuke ^a   Minami, Hiromichi ^a   Miyakawa, Nobukazu ^a   Ishihara, Sayaka ^a   Kumagai, Hidehiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYMES;

ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID; GAMMA DEXTRO GLUTAMYL DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL GAMMA GLUTAMYLTAURINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLGLUTAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE; GLUTAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLARIMETER; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PURIFICATION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SYNTHESIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIPEPTIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMINE; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TAURINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0242573478     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6399-6404.2003     Document Type: Article

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