A thermoactive glucoamylase with biotechnological relevance from the thermoacidophilic Euryarchaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-114

  Dock, Christiane ^a   Hess, Matthias ^a   Antranikian, Garabed ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Glucoamylase; High fructose corn syrup; HPLC; Starch processing; Thermoplasma acidophilum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HEAT TREATMENT; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

GLUCOAMYLASE; HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP; STARCH PROCESSING; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

ENZYMES;

AMYLOSE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOGEN; MANGANESE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; ION; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME STABILITY; GEL FILTRATION; HEATING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TAGA GENE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; CALCIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOGEN; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASMA;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EURYARCHAEOTA; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38349123308     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1293-1     Document Type: Article

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