Properties of maltose-inducible α-glucosidase MalL (sucrase-isomaltase-maltase) in Bacillus subtilis: Evidence for its contribution to maltodextrin utilization

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-177

  Schönert, Stefan ^a   Buder, Thomas ^a   Dahl, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amylose; Bacillus subtilis; Disaccharide; Glycogen; Metabolism; Starch; glucosidase MalL

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DISACCHARIDE; GLYCOGEN; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; STARCH; SUCRASE ISOMALTASE; SUCRASE ISOMALTASE MALTASE; SUCRASE-ISOMALTASE-MALTASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; AMYLOSE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DISACCHARIDES; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLYCOGEN; MALTOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARCH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUCRASE-ISOMALTASE COMPLEX;

EID: 0033113677     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80033-3     Document Type: Article

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