Properties and gene structure of a bifunctional cellulolytic enzyme (CelA) from the extreme thermophile 'Anaerocellum thermophilum' with separate glycosyl hydrolase family 9 and 48 catalytic domains

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 457-465

  Zverlov, Vladimir ^a,b   Mahr, Sabine ^b   Riedel, Kathrin ^b   Bronnenmeier, Karin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Anaerocellum thermophilum'; Cellulase; Endo 1,4 glucanase; Exo 1,4 glucanase; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDASE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANAEROCELLUM THERMOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALDICELLULOSIRUPTOR SACCHAROLYTICUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM STERCORARIUM; PROKARYOTA; STURNUS VULGARIS; THERMOPHILUM;

EID: 0031889118     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-457     Document Type: Article

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