Deduced amino acid sequence and possible catalytic residues of a Thermostable, Alkaline Cellulase from an Alkaliphilic Bacillus Strain

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2281-2289

  Hakamada, Yoshihiro ^a   Hatada, Yuji ^a   Koike, Kenzo ^a   Yoshimatsu, Tadashi ^a   Kawai, Shuji ^a   Kobayashi, Tohru ^a   Ito, Susumu ^a  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Bacillus pseudofirmus; Cellulase; Site directed mutagenesis; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULASE; EGL 237 PROTEIN, BACILLUS; EGL-237 PROTEIN, BACILLUS; GLYCOSIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELLULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034328743     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.2281     Document Type: Article

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