Multiple amino acid substitutions significantly improve the thermostability of feruloyl esterase A from Aspergillus niger

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-147

  Zhang, Shuai Bing ^a,b   Pei, Xiao Qiong ^a   Wu, Zhong Liu ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Directed evolution; Feruloyl esterase; Pichia pastoris; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; FERULOYL ESTERASE; PICHIA PASTORIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS; ESTERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; YEAST;

ENZYMES;

AMINO ACID; FERULOYL ESTERASE A; FUNGAL ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; MUTATION; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ENZYME STABILITY; HALF LIFE TIME; HEAT TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; COUMARIC ACIDS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GENETIC TESTING; HALF-LIFE; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEAM; TEMPERATURE; WASTE PRODUCTS; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; PICHIA PASTORIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861162432     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.042     Document Type: Article

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