A novel assay method for an amino acid racemase reaction based on circular dichroism

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 389, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 491-496

  Noda, Masafumi ^a   Matoba, Yasuyuki ^a   Kumagai, Takanori ^a   Sugiyama, Masanori ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Circular dichroism; D amino acid; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOASSAY; CATALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; SUBSTRATES;

ASSAY METHODS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENANTIOMERS; RACEMEASE ACTIVITY;

ENZYMES;

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; DEXTRO ALANINE; DEXTRO AMINO ACID OXIDASE; DEXTRO SERINE; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RACEMIZATION;

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; SERINE; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 22544449871     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20041649     Document Type: Article

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