Enzyme-catalyzed protein crosslinking

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 461-475

  Heck, Tobias ^a   Faccio, Greta ^a   Richter, Michael ^a   Thöny Meyer, Linda ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Cross linking; Fusion proteins; Ligation; Sortase A; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATION; FUSION PROTEINS; LIGATION; SORTASE A; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

ENZYMES; PROTEINS;

CROSSLINKING;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; HYDROLASE; LACCASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEPTIDASE; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE; SORTASE; SORTASE A; SUBTILISIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES MOBARAENSIS;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYMES; PROTEINS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 84873996105     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4569-z     Document Type: Review

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