Structure of the hydrolyzed product (F-2) released from γ-polyglutamic acid by γ-glutamyl hydrolase YwtD of Bacillus subtilis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2289-2291

  Chunhachart, Orawan ^a   Hanayama, Tatsuhiro ^a   Hidesaki, Momoe ^b   Tanimoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Tahara, Yasutaka ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

glutamyl hydrolase; glutamyltransferase; polyglutamic acid; Bacillus subtilis; YwtD

Indexed keywords

Γ-GLUTAMYL HYDROLASE; Γ-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; Γ-POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; YWTD;

BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ENZYME KINETICS;

AMINO ACIDS;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL HYDROLASE; POLY(GAMMA GLUTAMIC ACID); POLY(GAMMA-GLUTAMIC ACID); POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYL HYDROLASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33749030166     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60108     Document Type: Article

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