Thermostable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase of a thermophilic strain of Leptothrix sp. isolated from a hot spring

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 375-380

  Takeda, Minoru ^a   Koizumi, Jun Ichi ^a   Yabe, Kenji ^a   Adachi, Kenji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leptothrix; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase; Thermostable

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYESTERS;

DEPOLYMERASES; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; PHENOTYPE; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DISCOPHORA; LEPTOTHRIX; LEPTOTHRIX DISCOPHORA; LEPTOTHRIX SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031950213     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80080-9     Document Type: Article

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