A coupled spectrophotometric enzyme assay for the determination of pectin methylesterase activity and its inhibition by proteinaceous inhibitors

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-18

  Grsic Rausch, Slobodanka ^a   Rausch, Thomas ^a  

^a Heidelberg Inst of Plant Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol oxidase; Formaldehyde dehydrogenase; Methanol; Pectin; Pectin methylesterase; Pectin methylesterase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOL;

ALCOHOL OXIDASE; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; GENOME SEQUENCING PROJECTS; INHIBITION KINETICS; METHANOL OXIDATION; PECTIN; PECTIN METHYLESTERASE;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

ALCOHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; METHANOL; PECTINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MONITORING; OXIDATION; PH; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 4444227326     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.04.042     Document Type: Article

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