Purification and characterization of a Fusarium oxysporum feruloyl esterase (FoFAE-I) catalysing transesterification of phenolic acid esters

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 729-737

  Topakas, Evangelos ^a   Stamatis, Haralambos ^b   Mastihubova, Maria ^c   Biely, Peter ^c   Kekos, Dimitris ^a   Macris, Basil J ^a   Christakopoulos, Paul ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Feruloyl esterase; Fusarium oxysporum; Phenolic acid esters; Surfactantless microemulsions; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; PH EFFECTS;

HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

4 NITROPHENYL 2 O FERULOYL ALPHA LEVO ARABINOFURANOSIDE; ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; BUTANOL; CAFFEIC ACID; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ESTERASE; FERULIC ACID; FERULIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FERULOYL ESTERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; HEXANE; PARA COUMARIC ACID; SINAPIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROEMULSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; SPOROTHRIX; TEMPERATURE; TRANSESTERIFICATION; WHEAT BRAN;

CORYNASCUS HETEROTHALLICUS; FELIS CATUS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; SPOROTRICHUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0042882381     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(03)00213-8     Document Type: Article

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