Paracoccin from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; purification through affinity with chitin and identification of N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase activity

Yeast

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-76

  Almeida, Fausto Bruno Dos Reis ^a   De Oliveira, Leandro Licursi ^a,b   De Sousa, Marcelo Valle ^c   Barreira, Maria Cristina Roque ^a   Hanna, Ebert Seixas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chitin; Lectin; N acetyl D glucosaminidase; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccin

Indexed keywords

ACETYL BETA DEXTRO GLUCOSAMINIDASE; CHITIN; LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PARACOCCIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LECTIN BINDING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CHITIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LECTINS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN BINDING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 76149096474     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1731     Document Type: Article

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