Contribution of a salt bridge triad to the thermostability of a highly alkaline protease from an alkaliphilic Bacillus strain

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 961-967

  Kobayashi, Tohru ^a,c   Kageyama, Yasushi ^a   Sumitomo, Nobuyuki ^a   Saeki, Katsuhisa ^a   Shirai, Tsuyoshi ^b   Ito, Susumu ^c  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Bacillus; Detergent enzyme; High alkaline protease; Salt bridge; Subtilisin; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MUTAGENESIS; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

ALKALIPHILE; BACILLUS; DETERGENT ENZYME; HIGH-ALKALINE PROTEASE; SALT BRIDGE; SUBTILISIN; THERMOSTABILITY;

ENZYME KINETICS;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS;

EID: 27944458755     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-004-7162-5     Document Type: Article

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