Author:Visser, Daniel F; Hennessy, F; Rashamuse, KJ; Louw, ME; Brady, DDate:Mar 2010A purine nucleoside phosphorylase from the alkaliphile Bacillus halodurans Alk36 has been cloned and over expressed in E. coli. The purified enzyme had a kcat of 2.03 x 10-9 s-1 and a km of 206 µM on guanosine. The optimal pH range was between ...Read more
Author:Visser, Daniel F; Gordon, GER; Bode, ML; Mathiba, K; Brady, DDate:May 20125-Methyluridine (5-MU) is an intermediate in the synthesis of ß-thymidine and the antiretroviral drugs stavudine (d4T) and zidovudine (AZT)1-3. The enzymatic preparation of 5-MU involves transglycosylation4-6 and avoids the formation of ...Read more