Gene cloning and characterization of a Bacillus vietnamensis metalloprotease

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1533-1540

  Kim, Mihwan ^a   Nishiyama, Yoshitaka ^a   Mura, Kiyoshi ^a   Tokue, Chiyoko ^a   Arai, Soichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus vietnamensis; Collagen; Fish sauce; Metalloprotease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CLONING; COLLAGEN; GENES; HYDROLYSIS; PURIFICATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACILLUS VIETNAMENSIS METALLOPROTEASE (BVMP); ELASTIN; TERMINAL SIDES; THERMOLYSIN;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL DNA; INSULIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; N CARBOBENZOXYGLYCYL PROLYL GLYCYL GLYCYL PROLYL ALANINE; N-CARBOBENZOXYGLYCYL-PROLYL-GLYCYL-GLYCYL-PROLYL-ALANINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA FOOD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISH PRODUCTS; INSULIN; KINETICS; METALLOPROTEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS THERMOPROTEOLYTICUS; BACILLUS VIETNAMENSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 11244249563     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.1533     Document Type: Article

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