Proteolytic inactivation of an extracellular (1→3)-β-glucanase from the fungus Acremonium persicinum is associated with growth at neutral or alkaline medium pH

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-293

  Pitson, Stuart M ^a,b   Seviour, Robert J ^a   McDougall, Barbara M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(1 3) Glucanase; Acremonium persicinum; Protease; Proteolytic inactivation

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; PROTEINASE;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ACREMONIUM; ALKALIES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN;

ACREMONIUM PERSICINUM; FUNGI;

EID: 0030561182     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00426-0     Document Type: Article

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