Novel thermostable glycosidases in the extracellular matrix of the terrestrail cyanobacterium Nostoc commune

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 243-252

  Morsy, Fatthy Mohamed ^a,b   Kuzuha, Satomi ^a   Takani, Yayoi ^a   Sakamoto, Toshio ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Extracellular polysaccharide; Fasciclin; WspA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FASCICLIN I; GLYCOSIDASE; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESICCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYDROLYSIS; IMMERSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC COMMUNE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER STRESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME STABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GALACTOSIDASES; GLUCOSIDASES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; NOSTOC COMMUNE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 57149111508     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.54.243     Document Type: Article

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