Degradation of chitosans with chitinase B from Serratia marcescens: Production of chito-oligosaccharides and insight into enzyme processivity

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 538-549

  Sørbotten, Audun ^a   Horn, Svein J ^b   Eijsink, Vincent G H ^b   Vårum, Kjell M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chitinase B; Chitosan degradation; Oligosaccharides; Processive enzymes; Subsite analysis

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CHITINASE B; CHITOSAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRUG MIXTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

CHITINASE; CHITOSAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 12544256264     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2004.04495.x     Document Type: Article

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