Cloning, characterization, and mutational analysis of a highly active and stable L-arabinitol 4-dehydrogenase from Neurospora crassa

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 845-852

  Sullivan, Ryan ^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

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Arabinose fermentation; Ethanol production; Homology modeling; N. crassa genome; Xylitol production

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ARABINOSE FERMENTATION; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; HOMOLOGY MODELING;

CHARACTERIZATION; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; MUTAGENESIS; PURIFICATION; ZINC;

ENZYMES;

ARABINITOL 4 DEHYDROGENASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ARABINOSE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RIBITOL; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; XYLITOL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 36348946321     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1225-0     Document Type: Article

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