Xylanase and acetyl xylan esterase activities of XynA, a key subunit of the Clostridium cellulovorans cellulosome for xylan degradation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6399-6402

  Kosugi, Akihiko ^a   Murashima, Koichiro ^a   Doi, Roy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN (CD);

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN XYNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOVORANS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLESTERASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLANS; XYLOSIDASES;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOVORANS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036951928     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6399-6402.2002     Document Type: Article

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