Characterization of an exo-β-D-glucosaminidase involved in a novel chitinolytic pathway from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 5175-5181

  Tanaka, Takeshi ^a   Fukui, Toshiaki ^a   Atomi, Haruyuki ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLYCOSYL HYDROLASE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; EXOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN KOD1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL BOND; DEACETYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CHITIN; HEAT; HEXOSAMINIDASES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS;

EID: 0042890412     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.17.5175-5181.2003     Document Type: Article

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