Purification of a laccase from fungus combs in the nest of Odontotermes formosanus

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1052-1056

  Zhou, Yun ^a,b   Deng, Tianfu ^c   Pan, Chengyuan ^a,b   Chen, Chunrun ^a,b   Mo, Jianchu ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fungus comb; Laccase; Odontotermes formosanus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULPHATE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION OF; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; FUNGUS COMBS; LACCASE ACTIVITY; LACCASES; ODONTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; OPTIMUM PH; PURIFICATION FACTORS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BARIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; METAL IONS; METAL REFINING; PURIFICATION;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

EID: 77954817434     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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