Winning the Peace: The British in Occupied Germany, 1945-1948
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British Interest in the Division of Germany after the Second World War
Some subjects, because of their continual topicality, lend themselves to ceaseless debate. The German question is, beyond doubt, one such subject. Its perennial topicality lies in the fact that its solution concerns not only Germany, but Europe and at times, it would appear, the whole world. What is the German question all about? The essential problem in the context of our discussion is: how can the legitimate desire of the largest population in Europe to exercise political selfdetermination, that is to be a nation, be fulfilled without endangering the peace and freedom of the other European nations? The reason for putting the German question in this pointed way lies in the geo-political position of Germany. As long as Germany was divided into a number of individual states, as long as Prussia and Austria were not united but co-existed under latent tensions and, as secondary powers, formed a welcome buffer between the traditional big powers of France and Russia, the centre of Europe did not seem to pose any serious threat. This changed with the foundation of the Second German Reich and the creation of a united German nation
l-Phenylalanine dehydrogenase from Brevibacterium sp. for production of l-phenylalanine by reductive amination of phenylpyruvate
SummaryFor production of l-phenylalanine the reductive amination of phenylpyruvate, catalyzed by phenylalanine-dehydrogenase was examined. To reach high levels and a sufficient stability of the inducible intracellular enzyme, growth conditions of Brevibacterium sp. are optimized. For continuous production of l-phenylalanine in an enzyme membrane reactor, the kinetic parameters of the partially purified enzyme are determined.In continuous production a space time yield of 37.4 g l-Phe l-1 d-1 can be reached.By means of the measured kinetic parameters and simultaneous calculation of the mass balances of all reaction components the behaviour of the reactor can be simulated. For certain conditions the multi-enzyme-system shows multiple steady-states.