Biochemical characterization of Aspergillus niger Cfci, a glycoside hydrolase family 18 chitinase that releases monomers during substrate hydrolysis

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2168-2179

  van Munster, Jolanda M ^a   van der Kaaij, Rachel M ^a   Dijkhuizen, Lubbert ^a   van der Maarel, Marc J E C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFCL ENZYME; CHITINASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CLONING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROLYSIS; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHITIN; CHITINASE; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 84865628856     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.054650-0     Document Type: Article

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