Thermostabilization by Proline Substitution in an Alkaline, Liquefying α-Amylase from Bacillus sp. Strain KSM-1378

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1535-1540

  Igarashi, Kazuaki ^a   Ozawa, Tadahiro ^a   Ikawa Kitayama, Kaori ^a   Hayashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Araki, Hiroyuki ^a   Endo, Keiji ^a   Hagihara, Hiroshi ^a   Ozaki, Katsuya ^a   Kawai, Shuji ^a   Ito, Susumu ^a  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Bacillus; Site directed mutagenesis; Thermostability; amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; PRIMER DNA; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROLINE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033192099     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1535     Document Type: Article

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