Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Lyases"

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Screening, purification and characterisation of an active Hydroxynitrile Lyase (Nitrilase) from indigenous South African Plants

Mopai, Kgaugelo Lydia (University of Limpopo, 2013)

Hydroxynitrile lyases (HNLs) are enzymes that catalyse enantioselective cleavage of the substrate in a reaction and are also used as important industrial biocatalysts for the synthesis of chiral cyanohydrins. The aim of ...