Nitrile hydratases (NHases): At the interface of academia and industry

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 725-741

  Prasad, Shreenath ^a,b   Bhalla, Tek Chand ^a  

^a HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amides synthesis; Biocatalysis; Enzyme engineering; Gene expression; Metalloenzyme; Nitrile hydratases (NHases); Nitrile metabolism; Structure function relation

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSIS; ENZYME ENGINEERING; METALLOENZYMES; NITRILE HYDRATASES; NITRILE METABOLISM; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATION;

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CYANIDES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYMES; HYDRATION; METABOLISM;

GENE EXPRESSION;

HYDROLYASE; NITRILE; NITRILE HYDRATASE;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SUBSTRATE;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HYDRO-LYASES; NITRILES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77957017292     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.05.020     Document Type: Review

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