Characterization of D-galacturonate reductase purified from the psychrophilic yeast species Cryptococcus diffluens

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 518-521

  Hamada, Shohei ^a   Seike, Yuichiro ^a   Tanimori, Shinji ^a   Sakamoto, Tatsuji ^a   Kishida, Masao ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus diffluens; Enzymatic characterization; Galacturonate reductase; Psychrophilic yeast

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COFACTORS; CRYPTOCOCCUS DIFFLUENS; ENZYMATIC CHARACTERIZATION; GALACTURONATE REDUCTASE; GALACTURONIC ACIDS; OPTIMUM PH; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PSYCHROPHILIC YEASTS; THAILAND;

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; PURIFICATION; YEAST;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; DEXTRO GALACTURONATE REDUCTASE; GALACTURONIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITRATE REDUCTASE (NADPH); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS DIFFLUENS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YEAST;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NADP; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUGAR ACIDS; TEMPERATURE; THAILAND;

CRYPTOCOCCUS DIFFLUENS;

EID: 79954977736     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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