Purification, molecular cloning, and properties of a β-glycosidase isolated from midgut lumen of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera) larvae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1065-1076

  Ferreira, Alexandre H P ^a   Marana, Sandro R ^a   Terra, Walter R ^a   Clelia Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Insect glucosidase; Intestinal glycosidase; Subsite affinity; Substrate specificity; T. molitor; Toxic glycosides

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLYCOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOSIDASE; LAETRILE; LAMINARAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TENEBRIO;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0034809726     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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