Identification and characterization of a novel intracellular alkaline α-amylase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima MSB8

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 2206-2211

  Ballschmiter, Meike ^a   Fütterer, Ole ^a   Liebl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HYDROLYSIS; PH; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES;

CATALYTIC RESIDUES; EDTA; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE FAMILY (GHF); PUTATIVE INTRACELLULAR ENZYME;

BACTERIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMYLASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; MALTODEXTRIN; STARCH;

BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 33644957243     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.3.2206-2211.2006     Document Type: Article

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