Purification and biochemical characterization of a laccase from the aquatic fungus Myrioconium sp. UHH 1-13-18-4 and molecular analysis of the laccase-encoding gene

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 613-624

  Martin, C ^a   Pecyna, M ^a   Kellner, H ^b   Jehmlich, N ^a   Junghanns, C ^a   Benndorf, D ^a   Von Bergen, M ^a   Schlosser, D ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic fungi; Ascomycete; Characterization; Expression; Gene; Laccase

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; FUNGI; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MASS; PURIFICATION;

AQUATIC FUNGI; ASCOMYCETE; LACCASE; SCLEROTINIACEAE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LACCASE;

CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PEPTIDE; PH;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; PROMOTER REGION; PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LACCASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HELOTIALES; SCLEROTINIACEAE;

EID: 36249019824     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1207-2     Document Type: Article

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