Purification and characterization of an extremely thermostable cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase from a newly isolated hyperthermophilic archaeon, a Thermococcus sp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1991-1997

  Tachibana, Yoshihisa ^a   Kuramura, Akiko ^a   Shirasaka, Naoki ^a   Suzuki, Yuji ^b   Yamamoto, Tomoko ^c   Fujiwara, Shinsuke ^c   Takagi, Masahiro ^c   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^d  

^a Osaka City University Medical School   (Japan)

^b Nagase Chemtex Ltd   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYCLODEXTRIN; CYCLOMALTODEXTRIN GLUCANOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0032899816     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.1991-1997.1999     Document Type: Article

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