Vitreoscilla hemoglobin expressing Enterobacter aerogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa respond differently to carbon catabolite and oxygen repression for production of L-asparaginase, an enzyme used in cancer therapy

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 182-189

  Geckil, Hikmet ^a   Gencer, Salih ^a   Uckun, Mirac ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial hemoglobin; Catabolite repression; Chemotherapeutic enzymes; L asparaginase; Oxygen regulated genes; Vitreoscilla hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; PROTEINS;

VITRESONCILLA HEMOGLOBIN (VHB);

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; MANNITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANCER THERAPY; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VITREOSCILLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VITREOSCILLA;

EID: 3142636524     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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