4,6-α-glucanotransferase, a novel enzyme that structurally and functionally provides an evolutionary link between glycoside hydrolase enzyme families 13 and 70

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8154-8163

  Kralj, Slavko ^a,c   Grijpstra, Pieter ^a   van Leeuwen, Sander S ^a   Leemhuis, Hans ^a   Dobruchowska, Justyna M ^a   van der Kaaij, Rachel M ^a   Malik, Amarila ^b   Oetari, Ariyanti ^b   Kamerling, Johannis P ^a   Dijkhuizen, Lubbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c Genencor   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; HYDROLASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRAIN; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

1H NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; DEGREES OF POLYMERIZATIONS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS STRAINS; MALTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS; OLIGOSACCHARIDE PRODUCT;

GLYCOSIDES;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; METHYLATION; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; RECOMBINATION; SUGAR;

EID: 83055177082     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05735-11     Document Type: Article

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