Structural aspects of the Mucor bacilliformis proteinase, a new member of the aspartyl-proteinase family

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-452

  Machalinski, Claudia ^a   Pirpignani, Marìa L ^a   Marino, Cristina ^a   Mantegazza, Adriana ^a   de Jiménez Bonino, Mirtha Biscoglio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aspartyl proteinase family; Cheese industry; Mesophilic proteinases; Milk clotting enzymes; Mucor bacilliformis proteinase; Primary structure

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENZYMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; STRAIN; SULFIDE MINERALS;

ASPARTYL-PROTEINASE FAMILY; CHEESE INDUSTRY; MESOPHILIC PROTEINASES; MILK-CLOTTING ENZYMES; MUCOR BACILLIFORMIS PROTEINASE; PRIMARY STRUCTURE;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CHYMOSIN; ENZYME; FUNGAL ENZYME; MONOMER; MUCOR BACILLIFORMIS PROTEINASE; MUCOR PUSILLUS PROTEINASE; RHIZOPUS CHINENSIS PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; MILK; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CHEESE; MUCOR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BOVINAE; MUCOR; MUCOR BACILLIFORMIS; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS VAR. CHINENSIS;

EID: 33646513701     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.12.035     Document Type: Article

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