Purification and partial characterization of the Pyrococcus horikoshii methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 682-685

  Bobik, T A ^a   Rasche, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A EPIMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; THERMOSTABILITY;

ACYL COENZYME A; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

EID: 1542329056     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1474-5     Document Type: Article

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