Biochemical characterization of an L-xylulose reductase from Neurospora crassa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2001-2004

  Nair, Nikhil ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GENES; PROTEINS;

HEMICELLULOSIC WASTE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ARABINOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PENTOSE; XYLITOL; XYLOSE; XYLULOSE REDUCTASE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; TEMPERATURE; XYLITOL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 33947401072     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02515-06     Document Type: Article

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