A cinnamoyl esterase from Aspergillus niger can break plant cell wall cross-links without release of free diferulic acids

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 644-652

  Garcia Conesa, Maria Teresa ^a   Kroon, Paul A ^a   Ralph, John ^b   Mellon, Fred A ^a   Colquhoun, Ian J ^a   Saulnier, Luc ^c   Thibault, Jean François ^c   Williamson, Gary ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cross links; Dehydrodiferulic acids; Esterase; Ferulic acid; Plant cell walls

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; FERULIC ACID; 8 O 4 DIFERULIC ACID; 8,5 DIFERULIC ACID; 8,5-DIFERULIC ACID; 8-O-4-DIFERULIC ACID; BENZOFURAN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; FERULOYL ESTERASE; ION; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL BOND; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; TIME;

ABSORPTION; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BENZOFURANS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CINNAMATES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DIMERIZATION; ESTERASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; IONS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033485928     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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