Molecular and biotechnological aspects of xylanases

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 411-456

  Kulkarni, Neeta ^a   Shendye, Abhay ^a   Rao, Mala ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Domain structure; Extremophile; Overexpression; Protein engineering; Regulation of biosynthesis; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMICELLULOSE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; XYLAN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMER; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PLANT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PULP MILL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLANS; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 0032984477     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(99)00006-6     Document Type: Review

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