Organic solvent-tolerant enzymes

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-282

  Doukyu, Noriyuki ^a   Ogino, Hiroyasu ^b  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Extremophiles; Non aqueous; Organic solvent stable; Organic solvent tolerant

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS REACTIONS; ENZYMATIC REACTION; EXTREMOPHILES; HIGH ACTIVITY; MESOPHILES; NATIVE ENZYMES; NON-AQUEOUS; PHYSICAL MODIFICATIONS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REACTION MEDIA;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

AMYLASE; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; ENZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; WATER;

CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STABILITY; HALOPHILE; HYDROGEN BOND; MESOPHILE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOPHILE; WATER LOSS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75349100918     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.09.009     Document Type: Review

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