Purification and physiochemical characterization of melanin pigment from klebsiella sp. GSK

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1513-1520

  Sajjan, Shrishailnath ^a   Kulkarni, Guruprasad ^a   Yaligara, Veeranagouda ^b   Kyoung, Lee ^b   Karegoudar, T B ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Changwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

4 hydroxyphenylacetate hydroxylase; Klebsiella sp. GSK; L tyrosine; Melanin; Pigment; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID HYDROXYLASE; DNA 16S; DOPA; FERRIC CHLORIDE; KOJIC ACID; MELANIN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; OXYGENASE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; SILVER NITRATE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HYDROXYLATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; HYDROXYLATION; KLEBSIELLA; MELANINS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TYROSINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA SP.;

EID: 78649890184     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1002.02006     Document Type: Article

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