Chitosanase activity of the enzyme previously reported as β-1,3-1,4-glucanase from Bacillus circulans WL-12

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2107-2114

  Mitsutomi, Masaru ^a   Isono, Makoto ^a,b   Uchiyama, Asako ^a   Nikaidou, Naoki ^a,b   Ikegami, Taiji ^a   Watanabe, Takeshi ^a,b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus circulans WL 12; Chitosanase; Family 8; 1,3 1,4 glucanase

Indexed keywords

CHITOSANASE; ENDO 1,3(4) BETA GLUCANASE; GLYCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

BACILLUS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDO-1,3(4)-BETA-GLUCANASE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 0032198324     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.2107     Document Type: Article

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