Construction of a thermally stable cholesterol oxidase mutant by site-directed mutagenesis

Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 826-829

  Ghasemian, A ^a   Yazdi, M T ^a   Sepehrizadeh, Z ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cholesterol oxidase; PCR technique; Rhodococcus sp. PTCC 1633; Site directed mutagenesis; Thermostable enzyme

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; PCR TECHNIQUE; RHODOCOCCUS SP. PTCC 1633; SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOSTABLE ENZYME;

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CHOLESTEROL;

RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 67651037017     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2008.826.829     Document Type: Article

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