Strategies for discovery and improvement of enzyme function: State of the art and opportunities

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-33

  Kaul, Praveen ^a   Asano, Yasuhisa ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOXIME; ALDOXIME DEHYDRATASE; AMIDE; AMINO ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DNA; ENZYME; HYDROLYASE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITRILASE; NITRILE; NITRILE HYDROLASE; PANCREAS ENZYME; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCATALYSIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; DIELS ALDER REACTION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERIFICATION; GENOME; GREEN CHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; SWINE; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; ENZYMES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 83655197793     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00280.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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