Metagenomic technology and genome mining: Emerging areas for exploring novel nitrilases

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 6603-6611

  Gong, Jin Song ^a   Lu, Zhen Ming ^a   Li, Heng ^a   Zhou, Zhe Min ^a   Shi, Jin Song ^a   Xu, Zheng Hong ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Biocatalyst discovery; Genome mining; Metagenomics; Nitrilase

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE; BIOCATALYSIS; COMMODITY CHEMICALS; GENOME MINING; METAGENOMICS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NITRILASE; PHARMACEUTICAL INTERMEDIATES;

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CYANIDES;

GENES;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROLASE; MANDELIC ACID; NITRILASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

BIOREMEDIATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; COMMERCIALIZATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CODON; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOME MINING; GIBBERELLA; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DATABASE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY;

BIOCATALYSIS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GENOME; HYDRO-LYASES; METAGENOMICS;

EID: 84880509954     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4932-8     Document Type: Review

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