Evidence for significantly enhancing reduction of Azo dyes in Escherichia coli by expressed cytoplasmic azoreductase (AzoA) of Enterococcus faecalis

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 578-584

  Feng, Jinhui ^a   Heinze, Thomas M ^a   Xu, Haiyan ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a   Chen, Huizhong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Azoreductase; Decolorization; Enterococcus faecalis; NADH

Indexed keywords

AZO COMPOUND; AZO REDUCTASE; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; NAD; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77951986790     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986610791112701     Document Type: Article

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