Use of novel assays to indicate that O-esters and S-esters are produced by the same enzyme in brewing yeast

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-113

  Bamforth, C W ^a   Kanauchi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA; Alcohol acetyl transferase; Ethanol; Ethyl acetate; Methanethiol; Methyl thioacetate

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL ENZYME; METHANETHIOL; TETRAZOLIUM;

ARTICLE; BREWING; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0242721751     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00742-0     Document Type: Article

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