A mutant Bacillus subtilis γ-glutamyltranspeptidase specialized in hydrolysis activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-173

  Minami, Hiromichi ^a   Suzuki, Hideyuki ^a   Kumagai, Hidehiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Glutaminase; Hydrolysis; Salt tolerant; Site directed mutagenesis; Glutamyltranspeptidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALT TOLERANCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0041707747     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00456-7     Document Type: Article

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