Cloning of the 52-kDa chitinase gene from Serratia marcescens KCTC2172 and its proteolytic cleavage into an active 35-kDa enzyme

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-158

  Gal, Sang Wan ^a   Choi, Ji Young ^a   Kim, Cha Young ^a   Cheong, Yong Hwa ^a   Choi, Young Ju ^b   Lee, Sang Yeol ^a   Bahk, Jeong Dong ^a   Cho, Moo Je ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Cloning; Proteolytic modification; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COSMID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0032031378     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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