Starch and α-glucan acting enzymes, modulating their properties by directed evolution

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 184-193

  Kelly, Ronan M ^a   Dijkhuizen, Lubbert ^a   Leemhuis, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amylase; Glucanotransferase; Glucansucrase; Protein engineering; Screening; Selection

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; GLUCANSUCRASE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SELECTION;

CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; STARCH;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; 4ALPHA GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CYCLOMALTODEXTRIN GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHORYLASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; STARCH;

DNA SHUFFLING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOSTABILITY;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STARCH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62849102004     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2009.01.020     Document Type: Review

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