The β-1,4-endogalactanase A gene from Aspergillus niger is specifically induced on arabinose and galacturonic acid and plays an important role in the degradation of pectic hairy regions

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4985-4993

  De Vries, Ronald P ^a,b   Parenicová, Lucie ^a,c   Hinz, Sandra W A ^a   Kester, Harry C M ^a   Beldman, Gerrit ^a   Benen, Jacques A E ^a   Visser, Jaap ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d FGT Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1,4 endogalactanase; Aspergillus niger; Expression; Galactan degradation; Galacturonic acid

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BETA 1,4 ENDOGALACTANASE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; ENDOGALACTANASE A; FUNGAL ENZYME; GALACTOBIOSE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOTETRAOSE; GALACTOTRIOSE; GALACTURONIC ACID; PECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABINOSE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ALLIUM CEPA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036411896     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03199.x     Document Type: Article

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