High-yield enzymatic bioconversion of hydroquinone to α-arbutin, a powerful skin lightening agent, by amylosucrase

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1189-1197

  Seo, Dong Ho ^a   Jung, Jong Hyun ^a   Ha, Suk Jin ^a   Cho, Hyun Kug ^a   Jung, Dong Hyun ^a   Kim, Tae Jip ^b   Baek, Nam In ^a   Yoo, Sang Ho ^c   Park, Cheon Seok ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

arbutin; Amylosucrase; Ascorbic acid; Deinococcus geothermalis; Hydroquinone

Indexed keywords

AMYLOSUCRASE; ARBUTIN; ASCORBIC ACIDS; DEINOCOCCUS GEOTHERMALIS; HYDROQUINONE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULES; PHENOLS; SILICA GEL; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

KETONES;

ALPHA ARBUTIN; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; AMYLOSUCRASE; ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIUM LYSATE; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DEXTRANSUCRASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROQUINONE; MELANIN; SUCROSE PHOSPHORYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MELANIN; OXIDATION; PHENOL; REACTION KINETICS; SKIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS GEOTHERMALIS; DEPIGMENTATION; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ARBUTIN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEINOCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROQUINONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUCROSE;

DEINOCOCCUS GEOTHERMALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84863824499     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-3905-7     Document Type: Article

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