Biochemical and genetic characterization of ChiA, the major enzyme component for the solubilization of chitin by Cellulomonas uda

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 434-443

  Reguera, Gemma ^a   Leschine, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulomonas uda; ChiA; Chitin; Chitinase; Chitinolysis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROLINE; PROTEIN CHIA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULOMONAS; CELLULOMONAS UDA; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SOLUBILIZATION; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULOMONAS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GLYCOPROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CELLULOMONAS; CELLULOMONAS UDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0347625654     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0611-y     Document Type: Article

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