An unusual pectate lyase from a Bacillus sp. with high activity on pectin: Cloning and characterization

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-95

  Soriano, Margarita ^a   Blanco, Ana ^a   Díaz, Pilar ^a   Pastor, F I Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lyase; Pectate; Pectin

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; DNA FRAGMENT; PECTATE LYASE; PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERIFICATION; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SP. BP-23; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033972605     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-1-89     Document Type: Article

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