Purification and characterisation of an alkaline protease used in tannery industry from Bacillus licheniformis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 1421-1424

  Tang, Xue Ming ^a,b   Lakay, F M ^b   Shen, Wei ^a   Shao, Wei Lan ^a   Fang, Hui Ying ^a   Prior, B A ^b   Wang, Zheng Xiang ^a   Zhuge, Jian ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alkaline protease; Bacillus licheniformis; Characterisation; Purification

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; PH EFFECTS; PURIFICATION;

ALKALINE PROTEASE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; DIODOPROPYL FLUOROPHOSPHATE; PHENYLMETHYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE;

ENZYME KINETICS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS;

MICROBIAL SERINE PROTEINASES; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; INDUSTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 21644476544     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000045642.19299.3f     Document Type: Article

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