Biochemical characterization and phylogenetic analysis of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase from the gellan gum producer Sphingomonas elodea ATCC 31461

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1319-1327

  Granja, Ana Teresa ^a   Popescu, Alma ^a   Marques, Ana Rita ^a   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a   Fialho, Arsenio M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gelling agents; Gellun gum; Sphingomonas elodea; UDP glucosedehydrogenase; ugdG gene

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; PH EFFECTS;

GELLING AGENTS; GELLUN GUM; SPHINGOMONAS ELODEA; UDP-GLUCOSEDEHYDROGENASE;

BACTERIA;

GELLAN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTE; GEL; HOMOLOGY; HYDROGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS ELODEA; TEMPERATURE; UGDG GENE; ZYMOMONAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SPHINGOMONAS; TEMPERATURE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGROBACTERIUM; CAULOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM; PROKARYOTA; SPHINGOMONAS ELODEA; ZYMOMONAS;

EID: 34648816177     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1112-8     Document Type: Article

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