The effects of organic solvent/water mixtures on the structure and catalytic activity of porcine pepsin

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 909-912

  Simon, L M ^a   Kotorman M ^a   Szabo A ^a   Nemcsok J ^a   Laczko I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aqueous organic solvents; CD spectroscopy; Enzyme activity; Intrinsic fluorescence; Porcine pepsin

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLUTIONS;

AQUEOUS ORGANIC SOLVENTS; CD SPECTROSCOPY; INTRINSIC FLUORESCENCE; PORCINE PEPSIN;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

SUS;

EID: 34047183374     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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