Directed evolution of Aspergillus niger glucoamylase to increase thermostability

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 523-531

  McDaniel, Allison ^a   Fuchs, Erica ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Ford, Clark ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CATALYSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CONSTRUCT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 77953596754     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2008.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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