Cloning of the pelA gene from Bacillus licheniformis 14A and biochemical characterization of recombinant, thermostable, high-alkaline pectate lyase

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 560-567

  Berensmeier, S ^a   Singh, S A ^b,c   Meens, J ^b   Buchholz, K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PECTATE LYASE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PECTINS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUGAR ACIDS; TEMPERATURE; TRISACCHARIDES;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CITRUS; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2542478112     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1446-9     Document Type: Article

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