The acetyl xylan esterase of Bacillus pumilus belongs to a family of esterases with broad substrate specificity

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1585-1591

  Degrassi, Giuliano ^a   Kojic, Milan ^a   Ljubijankic, Goran ^b   Venturi, Vittorio ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acetyl xylan esterase; Bacillus pumilus; Cephalosporin C deacetylase

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CEPHALOSPORIN C; ESTERASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; XYLAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0033910674     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-7-1585     Document Type: Article

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