From enzymes to "designer bugs" in reductive amination: A new process for the synthesis of L-tert-leucine using a whole cell-catalyst

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 573-576

  Menzel, Anne ^a   Werner, Helge ^b   Altenbuchner, Josef ^a   Gröger, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; CATALYSTS; CELLS; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CELL CATALYSTS; DEHYDROGENASE; ENANTIOMERIC PURITY; REDUCTIVE AMINATION;

ENZYMES;

CELL PROTEIN; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUCINE; LEUCINE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID; BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AMINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOCATALYST; BIOMASS; CANDIDA BOIDINII; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA BOIDINII;

EID: 11144346350     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200402162     Document Type: Article

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