AmyA, an α-amylase with β-cyclodextrin-forming activity, and amyB from the thermoalkaliphilic organism Anaerobranca gottschalkii: Two α-amylases adapted to their different cellular localizations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3709-3715

  Ballschmiter, Meike ^a   Armbrecht, Martin ^a   Ivanova, Krasimira ^a   Antranikian, Garabed ^b   Liebl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CLONING; GENES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HYDROLYSIS; PH EFFECTS; PURIFICATION; SUBSTRATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCES; CYTOPLASMIC ENZYMES; LIPOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ENZYMES;

ALPHA CYCLODEXTRIN; AMYLASE; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM ION; EDETIC ACID; GAMMA CYCLODEXTRIN; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; METAL ION; PULLULAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYA GENE; AMYB GENE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBRANCA GOTTSCHALKII; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-CYCLODEXTRINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOPLASM; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANAEROBRANCA GOTTSCHALKII;

EID: 22144492288     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3709-3715.2005     Document Type: Article

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