Catalytic activity of aspartate aminotransferase microcrystals
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Catalytic activity of non-cross-linked microcrystals of aspartate aminotransferase in poly(ethylene glycol).
The molar activity of crystalline mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase is decreased to 10% of that of the enzyme in solution. The activity was measured in suspensions of non-cross-linked microcrystals (average dimensions 22 microns X 5 microns X 0.8 microns) in 30% (w/v) poly(ethylene glycol). Kinetic tests ruled out the possibility that diffusion of the substrate in the crystals is rate-li...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biopolymers and Cell
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0233-7657,1993-6842
DOI: 10.7124/bc.00019e