Gene identification and molecular characterization of solvent stable protease from a moderately haloalkaliphilic bacterium, Geomicrobium sp. EMB2

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-135

  Ram, Karan ^a   Singh, Raj Kumar Mohan ^b   Kapoor, Sanjay ^b   Khare, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus clausii; Geomicrobium sp.; Halophiles; Protease gene; Solvent tolerant protease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; SERINE; SERINE PROTEINASE; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CLAUSII; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GEOMICROBIUM; HALOALKALOPHILE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLVENTS;

BACILLUS CLAUSII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79952392152     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1007.07064     Document Type: Article

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