Structure-based fragment shuffling of two fungal phytases for combination of desirable properties

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-193

  Bei, Jinlong ^a,b   Chen, Zhuang ^b   Fu, Jie ^a   Jiang, Zongyong ^b   Wang, Jinwen ^a   Wang, Xunzhang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Aspergillus niger; Heat resistance; Phytase; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DESIRABLE PROPERTIES; PHYTASE; PHYTASES; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATIONS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAT RESISTANCE; VEGETATION;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

PHYTASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

6-PHYTASE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT CHIMERIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 57949091755     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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