Diversity in size and alkaliphily of thermostable α-amylase- pullulanases (AapT) produced by recombinant Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and the wild-type Bacillus sp.

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 557-559

  Takagi, Masahiro ^a   Lee, Sang Pil ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alkaliphilic enzyme; truncated form; amylase pullulanase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; PULLULANASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; PH;

BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLI BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029957009     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)81480-2     Document Type: Article

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