Expression of alr gene from Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 in Escherichia coli and molecular characterization of the recombinant alanine racemase

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-512

  Oikawa, Tadao ^a   Tauch, Andreas ^b   Schaffer, Steffen ^c   Fujioka, Toru ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Corynebacterium glutamicum; d Alanine production

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; D-ALANINE PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR MASS; RACEMIZATION REACTION;

ABSORPTION; BIOCATALYSTS; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID; APOENZYME; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ALR GENE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM ATCC 13032; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33748792538     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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