CYP175A1 from Thermus thermophilus HB27, the first β-carotene hydroxylase of the P450 superfamily

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 671-674

  Blasco, F ^a   Kauffmann, I ^a   Schmid, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 175A1; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROXYL GROUP; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BETA CAROTENE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; ISOENZYMES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMATOCOCCUS; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; PANTOEA ANANATIS; PLUVIALIS; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 3042607977     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1529-7     Document Type: Article

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