Purification and properties of a feruloyl esterase involved in lignocellulose degradation by Aureobasidium pullulans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5622-5626

  Rumbold, Karl ^a   Biely, Peter ^b   Mastihubová, Maria ^b   Gudelj, Marinka ^c   Gübitz, Georg ^c   Robra, Karl Heinz ^c   Prior, Bernard A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; FUNGI; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MONOMERS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ENZYMES;

4 NITROPHENYL ACETATE; BUTYRIC ACID 4 NITROPHENYL ESTER; CAFFEIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ESTERASE; FERULIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FERULOYL ESTERASE; HYDROXYACID; LIGNOCELLULOSE; METHYL 4 COUMARIC ACID; SINAPIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ASCOMYCOTA; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FERMENTATION; KINETICS; LIGNIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0141481200     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5622-5626.2003     Document Type: Article

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