Alcohol dehydrogenases from thermophilic and hyperthermophilic archaea and bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 593-616

  Radianingtyas, Helia ^a   Wright, Phillip C ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directed evolution; Enzyme activity; Protein structure; Rational design; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COENZYME F420; HEPARIN COFACTOR; IRON; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AERUPYRUM PERNIX; ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUIFEX AECOLICUS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FERVIDOBACTERIUM NODOSUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANASCHII; METHANOCULLEUS THERMOPHILICUS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMOAUTOTROPHICUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; SULFOLOBUS TOKODAII; THERMOANAEROBACTER BROCKII; THERMOANAEROBACTER ETHANOLICUS; THERMOANAEROBACTER TENGCONGENSIS; THERMOANAEROBACTER THERMOHYDROSULFURICUS; THERMOCOCCUS HYDROTHERMALIS; THERMOCOCCUS LITORALIS; THERMOCOCCUS ZILLIGII; THERMOMICROBIUM ROSEUM; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM; THERMOPLASMA VOLCANIUM; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; THERMOTOGA MERITIMA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0344153755     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00068-8     Document Type: Review

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