Site-directed mutagenesis of the calcium-binding site of α-amylase of Bacillus licheniformis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1493-1499

  Priyadharshini, Ramachandran ^a   Gunasekaran, Paramasamy ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amylases; Bacillus licheniformis; Calcium binding; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CALCIUM BINDING; MUTANT AMYLASE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CALCIUM;

AMYLASE; CALCIUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548136619     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9428-0     Document Type: Article

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