The ChbG gene of the chitobiose (chb) operon of Escherichia coli encodes a chitooligosaccharide deacetylase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4959-4971

  Verma, Subhash Chandra ^a   Mahadevan, Subramony ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CELLOBIOSE; CHITOBIOSE; CHITOOLIGOSACCHARIDE DEACETYLASE; CHITOSAN; CHITOTRIOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PERMEASE; PROTEIN CHBR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHBG GENE; DEACETYLATION; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BINDING SITES; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CELLOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OPERON; TRISACCHARIDES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAZOA;

EID: 84866413841     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00533-12     Document Type: Article

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