Bioinformatic, genetic, and biochemical evidence that some glycoside hydrolase family 42 β-galactosidases are arabinogalactan type I oligomer hydrolases

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7730-7738

  Shipkowski, Stephanie ^a   Brenchley, Jean E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; OLIGOMERS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ARABINOGALACTAN TYPE I; BIOINFORMATICS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ARABINOGALACTAN; ARABINOGALACTAN TYPE I OLIGOMER HYDROLASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENZYME; GALACTAN; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE FAMILY 42 BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYDROLASE; LACTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN GALA; PROTEIN LACA;

BACTERIUM; BIOINFORMATICS; DATABASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALACTANS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33845546936     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01306-06     Document Type: Article

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