Levansucrases from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and P. chlororaphis subsp. aurantiaca: Substrate specificity, polymerizing properties and usage of different acceptors for fructosylation

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-349

  Visnapuu, Triinu ^a   Mardo, Karin ^a   Mosoarca, Cristina ^b   Zamfir, Alina D ^b,c   Vigants, Armands ^d   Alamäe, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry   (Romania)

^c AUREL VLAICU UNIVERSITY OF ARAD   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Directed mutagenesis; Fructooligosaccharides; Heterooligofructans; Lsc3; Random mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; FRUCTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES; HETEROOLIGOFRUCTANS; LSC3; RANDOM MUTAGENESIS;

ALCOHOLS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DRUG PRODUCTS; FRUITS; MOLASSES; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; XYLOSE;

BACTERIA;

ARABINOSE; ARGININE; FRUCTOSE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTURONIC ACID; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; LEUCINE; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE; LYSINE; MANNITOL; MOLASSES; RAFFINOSE; RIBOSE; SERINE; SORBITOL; SUCROSE; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AURANTIACA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUGAR BEET; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FRUCTANS; FRUCTOSE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RAFFINOSE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AURANTIACA; PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 80052356113     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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