Functional characterization of the galactan utilization system of Geobacillus stearothermophilus

FEBS Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 950-964

  Tabachnikov, Orly ^a   Shoham, Yuval ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

1,4 galactanase; galactosidase; ABC sugar transporter; galactan; Geobacillus stearothermophilus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GALACTAN; GALACTOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOTETRAOSE; GANA PROTEIN; GANB PROTEIN; GANE PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GALKET GENE; GANEFGBA GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; BIOCATALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GALACTANS; GALACTOSE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84873203501     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12089     Document Type: Article

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