Characterization of two novel α-glucosidases from Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1135-1143

  Pokusaeva, Karina ^a,b   O'Connell Motherway, Mary ^a,b   Zomer, Aldert ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a,b   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENCODING GENES; GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYL HYDROLASE; HYDROLASES; HYDROLYTIC ACTIVITIES; TRANS GLYCOSYLATION ACTIVITIES;

CARBOHYDRATES; CATALYSTS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOMERS; PROTEINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ENZYMES;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; PH; RECOMBINATION; SUCROSE;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE;

EID: 59949084447     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02391-08     Document Type: Article

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