SUBSTRATE SELECTIVITY AND BIOCHEMICAL-PROPERTIES OF 4-HYDROXY-2-KETO-PENTANOIC ACID ALDOLASE FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI

Authors
POLLARD JR RIALLAND D BUGG TDH
Citation
Jr. Pollard et al., SUBSTRATE SELECTIVITY AND BIOCHEMICAL-PROPERTIES OF 4-HYDROXY-2-KETO-PENTANOIC ACID ALDOLASE FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI, Applied and environmental microbiology (Print), 64(10), 1998, pp. 4093-4094
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology (Print) → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
64
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4093 - 4094
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1998)64:10<4093:SSABO4>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
4-Hydroxy-2-keto-pentanoic acid aldolase from Escherichia coli was ide ntified as a class I aldolase. The enzyme was found to be highly selec tive for the acetaldehyde acceptor but would accept alpha-ketobutyric acid or phenylpyruvic acid in place of the pyruvic acid carbonyl donor .