Molecular and biochemical characterization of an endo-β-1,3-glucanase from the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus acquired by horizontal gene transfer from bacteria

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-125

  Kikuchi, Taisei ^a   Shibuya, Hajime ^a   Jones, John T ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1,3 endoglucanase; Fungal feeding; Horizontal gene transfer; Laminarin; Pinewood nematode (bursaphelenchus xylophilus); Secretion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHARACTERIZATION; CLONING; DNA; FUNGI; GENE TRANSFER; HYDROLYSIS; PROTEINS;

BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GENE CODING; NEMATODE; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE;

ENZYMES;

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; LAMINARAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BURSAPHELENCHUS MUCRONATUS; BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESOPHAGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENDO-1,3(4)-BETA-GLUCANASE; ENZYME STABILITY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NEMATODA;

EID: 22144452500     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20042042     Document Type: Article

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