Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Serine Keratinase from Brevibacillus brevis US575 with Promising Keratin-Biodegradation and Hide-Dehairing Activities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Jaouadi, Nadia Zaraî ^a   Rekik, Hatem ^a   Badis, Abdelmalek ^b,c   Trabelsi, Sahar ^a   Belhoul, Mouna ^a   Yahiaoui, Amina Benkiar ^c   Aicha, Houda Ben ^d   Toumi, Abdessatar ^d   Bejar, Samir ^a   Jaouadi, Bassem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^c CNRDPA National Centre for Research and Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture Tipaza (42)   (Algeria)

^d National Leather and Shoe Center (CNCC)   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; KERATIN; KERATINASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEATHER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROLYSIS; KERUS GENE; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BREVIBACILLUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; HAIR; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; KERATINS; KINETICS; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REDUCING AGENTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SERINE; SKIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885412098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076722     Document Type: Article

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