Extremely high alkaline protease from a deep-subsurface bacterium, Alkaliphilus transvaalensis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-80

  Kobayashi, Tohru ^a   Lu, Jie ^a,c   Li, Zhijun ^a   Hung, Vo Si ^a   Kurata, Atsushi ^a   Hatada, Yuji ^a   Takai, Ken ^a   Ito, Susumu ^a,b   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaliphilus transvaalensis; Deep subsurface; Serine protease; Subtilase family A; Subtilisin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR MASS; PURIFICATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALIPHILUS TRANSVAALENSIS; DEEP SUBSURFACE; SERINE PROTEASE; SUBTILASE FAMILY A; SUBTILISIN;

ENZYMES;

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CALCIUM ION; INSULIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SUBTILISIN;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ALKALINITY; ALKALIPHILUS TRANSVAALENSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ALKALIPHILUS TRANSVAALENSIS; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247585214     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0800-0     Document Type: Article

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