Effect of linker length and dockerin position on conversion of a Thermobifida fusca endoglucanase to the cellulosomal mode

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7335-7342

  Caspi, Jonathan ^a,d   Barak, Yoav ^a   Haimovitz, Rachel ^a   Irwin, Diana ^b   Lamed, Raphael ^c   Wilson, David B ^b   Bayer, Edward A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC MODULES; CELLULOSE-BINDING; CELLULOSIC SUBSTRATES; CELLULOSOMES; COHESINS; ENDOGLUCANASES; EXOGLUCANASE; PLANT CELL WALL; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; SCAFFOLDING PROTEINS; THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA; WILD-TYPE ENZYMES;

BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SUBSTRATES;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELLULASE; CELLULOSOME; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; COHESIN; DOCKERIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHYTOMASS; PROTEIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; CELLS; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; PLANTS; SUBSTRATES;

THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA;

EID: 72949119336     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01241-09     Document Type: Article

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