Properties of an α-galactosidase, and structure of its gene galA, within an α- and β-galactoside utilization gene cluster of the hyperthermophilic bacterium thermotoga maritima

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Liebl, Wolfgang ^a,b   Wagner, Beate ^a   Schellhase, Jan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha galactosidase; Beta galactosidase thermostability; galA; galK; galT; lacZ; Nucleotide sequence; Raffinose hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENYLGALACTOSIDE; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDE; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; MELIBIOSE; RAFFINOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

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

EID: 0031894595     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80002-7     Document Type: Article

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