Enhancement of the alcoholytic activity of α-amylase AmyA from Thermotoga maritima MSB8 (DSM 3109) by site-directed mutagenesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5168-5177

  Damián Almazo, Juanita Yazmin ^a   Moreno, Alina ^a   López Munguía, Agustin ^a   Soberón, Xavier ^a   González Muñoz, Fernando ^a   Saab Rincón, Gloria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS; METHANOL; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUGARS;

ACTIVE SITES; ALCOHOLYSIS; ALCOHOLYSIS REACTIONS; ALKYL GLYCOSIDES; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; GLUCANS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSIDIC BONDS; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURES; SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGLYCOSYLATION;

ALKYLATION;

ALKYL GROUP; AMYLASE; BUTANOL; GLUCOSIDE; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; METHANOL; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; WATER;

ALCOHOL; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ALCOHOLYSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CATALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BUTANOLS; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STARCH; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 50049100404     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00121-08     Document Type: Article

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