Purification, Characterization, and Gene Cloning of Lysyl Aminoeptidase from Streptococcus thermophilus YRC001

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 772-782

  Motoshima, Hidemasa ^a   Shiraishi, Takayasu ^a   Tsukasaki, Fuji ^a   Kaminogawa, Shuichi ^b  

^a Research Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Aminopeptidase N; Debittering; Lysyl aminopeptidase; Streptococcus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINOPEPTIDASE; LYSYL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEESE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHEESE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FOOD HANDLING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042853211     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.772     Document Type: Article

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