Cloning and expression of the 4-α-glucanotransferase gene from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus sp. KOD1, and characterization of the enzyme

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 540-548

  Tachibana, Yoshihisa ^a   Fujiwara, Shinsuke ^b   Takagi, Masahiro ^b   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^c  

^a Nagase Chemtex Ltd   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperthermophilic archaeon; Nucleotide sequence; Pyrococcus sp. KOD1; Thermostable 4 glucanotransferase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CLONING; GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA; TRANSFERASES;

ENZYMES;

AMYLASE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCAN; STARCH; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FAMILY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOGLOMUS THERMOPHILUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; PYROCOCCUS SP.; THERMOPHILUM;

EID: 0030808181     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)81134-8     Document Type: Article

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