Purification and characterization of an autolysin of Bacillus polymyxa vat. colistinus which is most active at acidic pH

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 419-422

  Kawahara, Shinji ^a   Utsunomiya, Chie ^b   Ishikawa, Shu ^b   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^b  

^a ASAHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Bacillus polymyxa var. colistinus; Cell wall peptidoglycan; N acetylmuramoyl L alanine amidase

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GELS; PH; PURIFICATION;

AUTOLYSIN; CELL WALLS;

BACTERIA;

N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL WALL; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PH;

EID: 0030994099     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)82994-7     Document Type: Article

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