A novel type of family 19 chitinase from Aeromonas sp. No.10S-24: Cloning, sequence, expression, and the enzymatic properties

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2513-2520

  Ueda, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kojima, Miki ^b   Yoshikawa, Tomoye ^b   Mitsuda, Norio ^a   Araki, Keiichi ^a   Kawaguchi, Takashi ^a   Miyatake, Kazutaka ^a   Arai, Motoo ^a   Fukamizo, Tamo ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Chitinase; Hydrolytic mechanism; Oligosaccharide; Subsites

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE HEXASACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROLINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038054184     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03624.x     Document Type: Article

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