Discovery of a mandelonitrile hydrolase from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110 by rational genome mining

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 645-650

  Zhu, Dunming ^a   Mukherjee, Chandrani ^a   Biehl, Edward R ^a   Hua, Ling ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Mandelonitrile; Nitrilase; Rational genome mining

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME MINING; HOLOENZYME; MANDELONITRILE; NITRILASE;

CHROMOSOMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

HOLOENZYME; MANDELONITRILE; MANDELONITRILE HYDROLASE BLL6402; NITRILASE; NITRILE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RATIONAL GENOME MINING;

AMINOHYDROLASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; OPEN READING FRAMES;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247140608     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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