Fungalα-arabinofuranosidases of glycosyl hydrolase families 51 and 54 show a dual arabinofuranosyl- and galactofuranosyl-hydrolyzing activity

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 393, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 767-775

  Tefsen, Boris ^a   Lagendijk, Ellen L ^b   Park, Joohae ^b   Akeroyd, Michiel ^c   Schachtschabel, Doreen ^b   Winkler, Robert ^d   Van Die, Irma ^a   Ram, Arthur F J ^b,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DSM BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^e KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AbfA; AbfB; Aspergillus niger; Galactofuranose; Galactofuranosidase; Glycosyl hydrolase

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENYL ALPHA DEXTRO GALACTOFURANOSIDE; 4 NITROPHENYL ALPHA LEVO ARABINOFURANOSIDE; ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; ALPHA LEVO ARABINOFURANOSIDASE A; ALPHA LEVO ARABINOFURANOSIDASE B; FUNGAL ENZYME; GALACTOMANNAN; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROLASE; INULIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC CODE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERNATANT;

ARABINOSE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; GALACTOSIDASES; GALACTOSIDES; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; INULIN; MANNANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867800090     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0134     Document Type: Article

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