Characterisation of a specific phycocyanin-hydrolysing protease purified from Spirulina platensis

Microbiological Research

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-266

  Nanni, Barbara ^a   Balestreri, Ettore ^b   Dainese, Enrico ^c   Cozzani, Ivo ^c   Felicioli, Romano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria protease; Phycocyanin hydrolysing enzyme; Phycocyaninase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYMIC HYDROLYSIS; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOCYANIN HYDROLYSING PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SENSITIVITY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME;

SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0034786936     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-5013-00110     Document Type: Article

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