Use of Enzymes in the Synthesis of Amino Acids

Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 77-117

  Sonke, Theo ^a   Kaptein, Bernard ^a   Schoemaker, Hans E ^a  

^a DSM Pharmaceutical Products   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acylase; Amidase; Amino acid dehydrogenase; Aminotransferase; Ammonia lyase; Hydantoinase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885790429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527631766.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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