Strategies towards the functionalization of subtilisin E from Bacillus subtilis for wool finishing applications

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-249

  Araujo R ^a   Cavaco Paulo, Artur ^a   Casal, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

In vitro refolding; Protein engineering; Subtilisin E; Wool hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE; ENZYMES; FIBER OPTICS; FOOD ADDITIVES; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); WOOL; WOOL FIBERS; YARN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS (BS2); ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENZYMATIC PROCESSES; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; FINISHING APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUTURE WORK; GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM); GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LAUNDRY DETERGENTS; PROKARYOTIC EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT ENZYMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE PROTEASES; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); SUBTILISIN; TESTING CONDITIONS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURES;

GENE ENCODING;

RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SUBTILISIN;

BACTERIUM; CATALYST; CHLORINE; DETERGENT; DYE; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN; WOOL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOCATALYST; CELL FRACTIONATION; DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEXTILE FINISHING; WOOL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADDITIVES; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE; DETERGENTS; ENZYMES; FIBER OPTICS; FOOD; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; WOOL; YARN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 48049103260     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200700056     Document Type: Article

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