A novel polygalacturonic acid bioflocculant REA-11 produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum: A proposed biosynthetic pathway and experimental confirmation

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-206

  Li, Y ^a   He, N ^a,c   Guan, H ^a   Du, G ^b   Chen, J ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; Experimental confirmation; Galacturonic acid; Polysaccharide protein bioflocculant; Proposed biosynthetic pathway

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATE 1 GLUCOSE; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE DEHYDROGENASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FLOCCULATION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOCCULATION; PECTINS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 1642520903     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1365-9     Document Type: Article

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