A novel enzyme of bacillus sp. 217c-11 that produces inulin from sucrose

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1327-1334

  Wada, Tadashi ^a   Ohguchi, Masao ^a   Iwai, Yoshio ^a  

^a Technical Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus sp. 217 11; Fructosyltransferase; Inulin; Inulin producing enzyme (IPE); Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; INULIN; SUCROSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INULIN; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2142802651     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.1327     Document Type: Article

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