Molecular analysis of a Clostridium butyricum NCIMB 7423 gene encoding 4-α-glucanotransferase and characterization of the recombinant enzyme produced in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3287-3294

  Goda, Sayed K ^a   Eissa, Omima ^b   Akhtar, Muhammad ^b   Minton, Nigel P ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 glucanotransferase; Clostridium butyricum; MalQ; Starch degradation

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLOSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSE; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; PHOSPHORYLASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON; STOP CODON; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0030730274     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-10-3287     Document Type: Article

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