Aldehyde-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductase from cyanobacteria: Expression, purification and characterization of the recombinant enzyme

FEBS Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4773-4781

  Lin, Fengming ^a   Das, Debasis ^a   Lin, Xiaoxia N ^a   Marsh, E Neil G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

aldehyde formation; biofuels; cyanobacteria; enzyme mechanism; hydrocarbon metabolism

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE; BIOFUEL; HYDROCARBON; IODOACETAMIDE; LONG CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM ION; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM ION; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; STEAROYL COENZYME A;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

ALDEHYDE FORMATION; BIOFUELS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYDROCARBON METABOLISM;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDES; BIOFUELS; CYANOBACTERIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 84884588350     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12443     Document Type: Article

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