Serratia marcescens chitinases with tunnel-shaped substrate-binding grooves show endo activity and different degrees of processivity during enzymatic hydrolysis of chitosan

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 31, 2006, Pages 9566-9574

  Sikorski, Pawel ^a   Sørbotten, Audun ^a   Horn, Svein J ^b   Eijsink, Vincent G H ^b   Vårum, Kjell M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BIODEGRADATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOMERS; POLYMERS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CHITOSAN; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS CHITINASES; SUBSTRATE-BINDING GROOVES;

ENZYMES;

CELLOBIOHYDROLASE CEL6A; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; CHITINASE; CHITINASE CHIA; CHITINASE CHIB; CHITINASE CHIC; CHITOSAN; OLIGOMER; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REDUCTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHITINASE; CHITOSAN; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 33747088169     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060370l     Document Type: Article

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