Thermal stabilization of Erwinia chrysanthemi pectin methylesterase A for application in a sugar beet pulp biorefinery

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7343-7349

  Chakiath, Chacko ^a   Lyons, Margaret J ^a   Kozak, Robert E ^b   Laufer, Craig S ^a  

^a HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Atlantic Biomass Conversions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREFINERIES; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; ERWINIA; FOUR AMINO ACIDS; INITIAL RATE; KINETIC PROPERTIES; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; PECTIN METHYLESTERASE; PECTINASES; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; SUGAR BEET PULP; THERMAL STABILIZATION; WILD TYPES; WILD-TYPE ENZYMES;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOMASS; ENZYMES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS;

SUGARS;

PECTIN; PECTIN METHYLESTERASE A; PECTINESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATE; SUGAR BEET;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PROTEIN CONTENT; PULP PROCESSING; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGAR BEET; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA VULGARIS; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME STABILITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOMASS; ENZYMES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGARS; VEGETABLES;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI;

EID: 72949088440     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01010-09     Document Type: Article

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