Isolation of a protease-deficient mutant of Bacillus brevis and efficient secretion of a fungal protein disulfide isomerase by the mutant

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-42

  Kajino, Tsutomu ^a   Kato, Kiyoko ^a   Miyazaki, Chie ^a   Asami, Osamu ^a   Hirai, Masana ^a   Yamada, Yukio ^a   Udaka, Shigezo ^b  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus brevis; Protease deficient mutant; Protein disulfide isomerase; Secretion

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HYDROPHOBICITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; DNA ENCODING; EXOPROTEASE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ISOMERASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACILLUS BREVIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HUMICOLA INSOLENS; MURINAE;

EID: 0032929259     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80005-X     Document Type: Article

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