Combining substrate specificity analysis with support vector classifiers reveals feruloyl esterase as a phylogenetically informative protein group

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Olivares Hernández, Roberto ^b   Sunner, Hampus ^b   Frisvad, Jens C ^a   Olsson, Lisbeth ^b   Nielsen, Jens ^b   Panagiotou, Gianni ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANOIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTERASE; FERULOYL ESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBOXYLESTERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TAXONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

ASCOMYCOTA; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77958510380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012781     Document Type: Article

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