A novel glucose-tolerant β-glucosidase from the salivary gland of the termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-145

  Uchima, Cristiane Akemi ^a   Tokuda, Gaku ^b   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^c   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^a   Arioka, Manabu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Bioethanol; Glucose tolerance; Heterologous expression; Nasutitermes takasagoensis; Pichia pastoris

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DEGLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOPTERA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 84878875617     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.59.141     Document Type: Article

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