Enzymatic hydrolysis of cyanohydrins with recombinant nitrile hydratase and amidase from Rhodococcus erythropolis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 1675-1680

  Reisinger, Ch ^a,b   Osprian, I ^a   Glieder, A ^a,b   Schoemaker, H E ^c   Griengl, H ^a,b   Schwab, H ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Applied Biocatalysis Research Center   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amidase; Biotransformation; Cyanohydrin hydrolysis; Nitrile hydratase

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMIDASE; CYANOHYDRINS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; NITRILE HYDRATASE;

HYDROLYSIS;

AMIDASE; CYANOHYDRIN; HYDROLYASE; NITRILE; NITRILE HYDRATASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RHODOCOCCUS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRO-LYASES; HYDROLYSIS; NITRILES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODOCOCCUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 12444254611     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-004-3521-4     Document Type: Article

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