A novel thermophilic fusion enzyme for trehalose production

Extremophiles

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 463-468

  De Pascale, D ^a   Di Lernia, I ^b   Sasso, M P ^a   Furia, A ^a   De Rosa, M ^b   Rossi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fusion protein; Sulfolobus solfataricus; Thermophilic enzymes; Trehalose; Trehalose forming enzyme; Trehalosyl dextrin forming enzyme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEXTRIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEXTRINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE; TREHALOSE;

EID: 0011520985     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-002-0283-6     Document Type: Article

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