Characterization of a β-N-acetylhexosaminidase and a β-N-acetylglucosaminidase/β-glucosidase from Cellulomonas fimi

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2929-2941

  Mayer, Christoph ^a,b   Vocadlo, David J ^a,c   Mah, Melanie ^a   Rupitz, Karen ^a   Stoll, Dominik ^a   Warren, R A J ^a   Withers, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bifunctional glycosidase; Cell wall recycling; Chitin metabolism; murein; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CELL ENZYME; GLYCOSIDASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELLULOMONAS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GIVETIAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CELLULOMONAS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULOMONAS FIMI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33745216253     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05308.x     Document Type: Article

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