Thermus thermophilus Strains Active in Purine Nucleoside Syntesis

Several strains of Thermus thermophilus were tested in order to detect purine nucleoside synthase activity using pyrimidine nucleosides as the sugar-donor and adenine or hypoxanthine as bases. High productivity values (t =1 hr) were obtained while completely avoiding adenosine-deaminase degradation...

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Autores: Almendros, Marcos, Sinisterra, José Vicente, Berenguer, José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/24241
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24241
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thermus thermophilus
nucleoside synthesis
Biocatalysis
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Sumario:Several strains of Thermus thermophilus were tested in order to detect purine nucleoside synthase activity using pyrimidine nucleosides as the sugar-donor and adenine or hypoxanthine as bases. High productivity values (t =1 hr) were obtained while completely avoiding adenosine-deaminase degradation of the products. N-2-deoxyribosyltransferase activity is described for the first time in hyperthermophilic bacteria.