Biochemical characterization of recombinant L-asparaginase (AnsA) from Rhizobium etli, a member of an increasing Rhizobial-type family of L-asparaginases

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-300

  Angélica, Moreno Enríquez ^a   Evangelista Martínez, Zahaed ^b   González Mondragón, Edith G ^b   Calderón Flores, Arturo ^c   Arreguín, Roberto ^d   Pérez Rueda, Ernesto ^e   Huerta Saquero, Alejandro ^e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^d Instituto de Quimica de la UNAM   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biochemical characterization; Rhizobium etli; Type II asparaginase

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASPARAGINASE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID BETA HYDROXAMIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMINE; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; RECOMBINANT ASPARAGINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; TEMPERATURE;

RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 84930479563     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1107.07047     Document Type: Article

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