Purification and characterization of acid-stable protopectinase produced by aspergillus awamori in solid-state fermentation

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1337-1344

  Nagai, Masaru ^a   Ozawa, Akira ^a,b   Katsuragi, Tohoru ^a,c   Sakai, Takuo ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid stable enzyme; Aspergillus awamori; Polygalacturonase; Protopectinase; Solid state fermentation

Indexed keywords

ACID; GLYCOSIDASE; POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; TEMPERATURE;

ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; FERMENTATION; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034220812     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1337     Document Type: Article

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