A novel extracellular subtilisin-like protease from the hyperthermophile Aeropyrum pernix K1: Biochemical properties, cloning, and expression

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 391-399

  Catara, G ^a   Ruggiero, G ^a   La Cara, F ^a   Digilio, F A ^a   Capasso, A ^a   Rossi, M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Expression; Extracellular proteases; Heat stability; Hyperthermophilic

Indexed keywords

AEROPYRUM; AEROPYRUM PERNIX; ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SUBTILISIN;

AEROPYRUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEROPYRUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 3042745637     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-003-0337-4     Document Type: Article

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