Molecular and physiological role of the trehalose-hydrolyzing α-glucosidase from Thermus thermophilus HB27

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2298-2305

  Alarico, Susana ^a   Da Costa, Milton S ^b   Empadinhas, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMINO ACID; CELLOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDE; ISOMALTOSE; LEUCROSE; MALTOSE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; TRISACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISACCHARIDES; ISOMALTOSE; KINETICS; MALTOSE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TREHALOSE;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 41549086172     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01794-07     Document Type: Article

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