Studies on the aspartic decarboxylase of Nocardia globerula
- 1 February 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 68 (2) , 221-225
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0680221
Abstract
Acetone-dried powders of a strain of N. globerula possess aspartic decarboxylase activity but are inactive towards all other amino acids tested. The enzyme can be used for the quantitative estimation of L-aspartic acid in protein hydrolysates and is stable for a long time.Keywords
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