Degradation of pectic substances by two pectate lyases from a human intestinal bacterium, Clostridium butyricum-beijerinckii group

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-333

  Nakajima, Nobuyoshi ^a   Ishihara, Kohji ^b   Tanabe, Miwa ^a,c   Matsubara, Kiminori ^a   Matsuura, Yasushi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium butyricum beijerinckii group; Endo pectate lyase; Exo pectate lyase; Intestinal bacterium; Pectic substances

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

DIGALACTURONIC ACID; PECTATE LYASE;

ENZYMES;

GALACTURONIC ACID; PECTATE LYASE; PECTIN; PECTINESTERASE; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENZYME RELEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; LARGE INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033199643     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(00)80020-1     Document Type: Article

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