Xylanase XynA from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima: Structure and stability of the recombinant enzyme and its isolated cellulose- binding domain

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1718-1726

  Wassenberg, Doris ^a   Schurig, Hartmut ^a   Liebl, Wolfgang ^b   Jaenicke, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellulose binding domain; Hyperthermophiles; Stability; Thermotoga maritima; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0030861309     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060812     Document Type: Article

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