The type II pullulanase of Thermococcus hydrothermalis: Molecular characterization of the gene and expression of the catalytic domain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3284-3287

  Erra Pujada, Marta ^a,b   Debeire, Philippe ^a   Duchiron, Francis ^b   O'Donohue, Michael J ^a,b  

^a Inst Natl la Rech Agronom SQuAIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PULLULANASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS HYDROTHERMALIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032908691     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3284-3287.1999     Document Type: Article

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