An aspergillus niger esterase (ferulic acid esterase III) and a recombinant Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa Esterase (XylD) release a 5-5' ferulic dehydrodimer (diferulic acid) from barley and wheat cell walls

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 208-212

  Bartolomé, Begoňa ^a,d   Faulds, Craig B ^a   Kroon, Paul A ^a   Waldron, Keith ^a   Gilbert, Harry J ^b   Hazlewood, Geoff ^c   Williamson, Gary ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE FERMENTACIONES INDUSTRIALES CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; FERULIC ACID; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BARLEY; DIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; WHEAT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0031033383     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.208-212.1997     Document Type: Article

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