Unusual salt and solvent dependence of a protease from an extreme halophile

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 471-479

  Kim, Jungbae ^a   Dordick, Jonathan S ^a,b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Halophilic protease; Organic cosolvents; Salting out; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENZYME KINETICS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SALTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

HALOPHILIC PROTEASE; SALTING OUT;

ENZYMES;

PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENT; SUBTILISIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; DENATURATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

EID: 0031554717     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970805)55:3<471::AID-BIT2>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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