Purification and characterization of chitosanase from Bacillus sp. strain KCTC 0377BP and its application for the production of chitosan oligosaccharides

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4522-4531

  Choi, Yeon Jin ^a   Kim, Eun Jung ^a   Piao, Zhe ^b   Yun, Young Chul ^b   Shin, Yong Chul ^a,b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Amicogen Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYMES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOILS;

CHITOSANASE; ENZYMATIC PRODUCTION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CHITOOCTAOSE; CHITOSAN; CHITOSANASE; CHITOTRIOSE; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CSN45 GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEACETYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4143127722     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4522-4531.2004     Document Type: Article

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