Surface hydrolysis of polyamide with a new polyamidase from Beauveria brongniartii

Biocatalysis and Biotransformation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 371-377

  Almansa, E ^a   Heumann, S ^a,b   Eberl, A ^a,b   Kaufmann, F ^c   Cavaco paulo, A ^d   Gubitz G M ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH CENTRE APPLIED BIOCATALYSIS   (Austria)

^c CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beauveria brongniartii; Polyamidase; Polyamide fibres; Rising height

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYMES; FIBERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PROTEINS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE TREATMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADIPIC ACIDS; AMIDASE; ANION EXCHANGES; BEAUVERIA BRONGNIARTII; DISSIPATION MEASUREMENTS; ENZYME TREATMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; POLYAMIDASE; PROTEASE ACTIVITIES; RISING HEIGHT; SIZE EXCLUSIONS; SURFACE HYDROLYSES;

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMIDASE; NYLON; POLYAMIDE; PROTEINASE;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BRONGNIARTII; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CORDYCEPS BRONGNIARTII; FUNGI;

EID: 54049098810     PISSN: 10242422     EISSN: 10292446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242420802323433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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