Thermotoga maritima maltosyltransferase, a novel type of maltodextrin glycosyltransferase acting on starch and malto-oligosaccharides

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1050-1058

  Meissner, Harald ^a   Liebl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glycosyl transfer; Hyperthermophilic bacterium; mmtA gene; Nucleotide sequence; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0032535155     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2581050.x     Document Type: Article

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