L-leucine aminopeptidase production by filamentous Aspergillus fungi

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 498-504

  Nampoothiri, K Madhavan ^a   Nagy, V ^b   Kovacs, K ^b   Szakacs, G ^b   Pandey, A ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; L leucine aminopeptidase; L leucine p nitroanilide; L methionine aminopeptidase; Solid state fermentation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; METAL IONS;

L-LEUCINE; L-LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; L-LEUCINE P-NITROANILIDE; L-METHIONINE; L-METHIONINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; METHIONINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; P-NITROANILIDE; SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION;

ASPERGILLUS;

COBALT; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; IRON; LEUCINE; METAL ION; METHIONYL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

FERMENTATION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENUS; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; SOLID STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS SOJAE; FUNGI;

EID: 28444465219     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01789.x     Document Type: Article

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