EndB, a Multidomain Family 44 Cellulase from Ruminococcus flavefaciens 17, Binds to Cellulose via a Novel Cellulose-Binding Module and to Another R. flavefaciens Protein via a Dockerin Domain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4426-4431

  Rincón, Marco T ^a,b   McCrae, Sheila I ^a   Kirby, James ^a,c   Scott, Karen P ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; ENDB PROTEIN, RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELLULASE; CELLULASES; CELLULOSE; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0035487187     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4426-4431.2001     Document Type: Article

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