Production, purification and characterization of a constitutive intracellular α-galactosidase from the thermophilic fungus Humicola sp

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 661-667

  Kotwal, S M ^a   Gote, M M ^a   Khan, M I ^a   Khire, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Humicola sp; Intracellular; Purification; Thermophilic fungus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; GALACTOSE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; PYRANOSIDE; RAFFINOSE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GEL FILTRATION; HUMICOLA; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WHEAT BRAN; YEAST;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KINETICS; MERCURY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SILVER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FUNGI; HUMICOLA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032766368     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900680     Document Type: Article

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