Threonine aldolases: perspectives in engineering and screening the enzymes with enhanced substrate and stereo specificities

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2579-2590

  Fesko, Kateryna ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aldol reactions; Biocatalysis; Enzyme engineering; Screening; Threonine aldolase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; KETONES; SCREENING;

ALDOL REACTIONS; ALDOLASES; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; DIASTEREOSELECTIVITIES; ENZYME ENGINEERING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ENZYMES;

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; THREONINE; THREONINE ALDOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALDEHYDE; AMINO ACID; BIOENGINEERING; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SUBSTRATE;

ALDOL REACTION; BIOCATALYST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE DATABASE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; THERMOSTABILITY; GENETICS; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

ALDEHYDES; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; MASS SCREENING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84955283333     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7218-5     Document Type: Review

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