Shifting the pH profile of Aspergillus niger PhyA phytase to match the stomach pH enhances its effectiveness as an animal feed additive

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4397-4403

  Kim, Taewan ^a   Mullaney, Edward J ^b   Porres, Jesus M ^a   Roneker, Karl R ^a   Crowe, Sarah ^a   Rice, Sarah ^a   Ko, Taegu ^a   Ullah, Abul H J ^b   Daly, Catherine B ^b   Welch, Ross ^c   Lei, Xin Gen ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGI; HYDROLYSIS; PH EFFECTS; SUBSTRATES;

ANIMAL FEED ADDITIVE; ANIMAL WASTE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER PHYA PHYTASE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;

ENZYMES;

ASPARTIC ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYA PROTEIN; PHYTASE; PHYTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME; FISH; FOOD AID; FOOD ORGANISM; HYDROLYSIS; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POULTRY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HYDROLYSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PH; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLLUTION; POULTRY; SOYBEAN; STOMACH PH; SWINE;

6-PHYTASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL FEED; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BINDING SITES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; PICHIA PASTORIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745159981     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02612-05     Document Type: Article

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