Polypeptides for heavy-metal biosorption: Capacity and specificity of two heterogeneous MerP proteins

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-385

  Huang, Chieh Chen ^a   Su, Chi Chia ^b   Hsieh, Ju Liang ^a   Tseng, Chiao Ping ^b   Lin, Ping Jei ^b   Chang, Jo Shu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Biosorption; MerP proteins; Pseudomonas sp. K 62; RC607

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; ENZYME KINETICS; HEAVY METALS; POLYPEPTIDES;

BIOSORPTION;

PROTEINS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; CYSTEINE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MERP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BINDING SITE; BIOSORPTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP. K-62;

EID: 0041429290     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(03)00134-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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