Expanding the halohydrin dehalogenase enzyme family: Identification of novel enzymes by database mining

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 7303-7315

  Schallmey, Marcus ^a   Koopmeiners, Julia ^a   Wells, Elizabeth ^a   Wardenga, Rainer ^b   Schallmey, Anett ^a,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Enzymicals AG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEHYDROGENATION; POLYPEPTIDES;

BIOCATALYTIC APPLICATIONS; BIOCATALYTIC REACTION; CATALYTIC POTENTIAL; HALOHYDRIN DEHALOGENASE; INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES; PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SPECIFIC SEQUENCES;

ENZYMES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; DATABASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYLOGENETICS; RECOMBINATION;

HALOHYDRIN DEHALOGENASE; HYDROLASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATA MINING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84910118190     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01985-14     Document Type: Article

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