Functional expression of a fungal laccase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by directed evolution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 987-995

  Bulter, Thomas ^a   Alcalde, Miguel ^a   Sieber, Volker ^a,b   Meinhold, Peter ^a   Schlachtbauer, Christian ^a,c   Arnold, Frances H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; SUBSTRATES; YEAST;

FUNGAL LACCASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); GLYCAN; LACCASE; PROTEINASE; REAGENT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SYRINGALDAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; MYCELIOPHTHORA THERMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BENZOTHIAZOLES; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDRAZONES; LACCASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SORDARIALES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFONIC ACIDS;

CORYNASCUS HETEROTHALLICUS; FUNGI; MYCELIOPHTHORA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037322616     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.987-995.2003     Document Type: Article

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