Characterization of a flavin reductase from a thermophilic dibenzothiophene-desulfurizing bacterium, Bacillus subtilis WU-S2B

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-41

  Takahashi, Shusuke ^a   Furuya, Toshiki ^a   Ishii, Yoshitaka ^a   Kino, Kuniki ^a   Kirimura, Kohtaro ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Desulfurization; Flavin reductase; Flavin dependent monooxygenase; Nitroreductase

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; FLAVIN REDUCTASE; FLAVIN-DEPENDENT MONOOXYGENASE; HIGH STABILITIES; MONOOXYGENASES; NITROREDUCTASE; NITROREDUCTASE ACTIVITIES; PH RANGES;

BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PURIFICATION;

DESULFURIZATION;

ADSORPTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAVINS; FMN REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; THIOPHENES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58149310658     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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