Dephosphorylation of phytate by using the Aspergillus niger phytase with a high affinity for phytate

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4682-4684

  Nagashima, Tadashi ^a   Tange, Tatsuya ^a   Anazawa, Hideharu ^b  

^a Shin Nihon Chemical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTASE; PHYTATE; PHYTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ASPERGILLUS FICUUM; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0032850025     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4682-4684.1999     Document Type: Article

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