Hybrid reuteransucrase enzymes reveal regions important for glucosidic linkage specificity and the transglucosylation/hydrolysis ratio

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6002-6010

  Kralj, Slavko ^a,b,d   Van Leeuwen, Sander S ^c   Valk, Vincent ^a,b   Eeuwema, Wieger ^a,b   Kamerling, Johannis P ^c   Dijkhuizen, Lubbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Genencor A Danisco Division   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glucansucrase; Glycosidic linkage; Hybrid enzymes; Product specificity; Reuteransucrase

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; GLUCOSIDE; ISOMALTOSE; MALTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUCRASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DISACCHARIDES; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMALTOSE; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE;

LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI;

EID: 55949119834     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06729.x     Document Type: Article

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