Extracellular lipases from Bacillus subtilis: Regulation of gene expression and enzyme activity by amino acid supply and external pH

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 319-324

  Eggert, Thorsten ^a   Brockmeier, Ulf ^a   Dröge, Melloney J ^b   Quax, Wim J ^b   Jaeger, Karl Erich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Esterase; Extracellular enzymes; Lipase; Regulation of gene expression

Indexed keywords

ACID LIPASE; AMINO ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LIPASE B; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; 4 NITROPHENYLOCTANOATE; 4-NITROPHENYLOCTANOATE; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPORTER GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAPRYLATES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPASE;

EID: 0642364305     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00536-6     Document Type: Article

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