Thermophilic and halophilic β-agarase from a halophilic archaeon Halococcus sp. 197A

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 931-939

  Minegishi, Hiroaki ^a   Shimane, Yasuhiro ^b   Echigo, Akinobu ^a   Ohta, Yukari ^b   Hatada, Yuji ^b   Kamekura, Masahiro ^c   Maruyama, Tadashi ^b   Usami, Ron ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Halophiles Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

agarase; Halococcus; Halophilic; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; HALOCOCCUS; HALOCOCCUS SP.;

AGARASE; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HALOCOCCUS; METABOLISM;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ENZYME STABILITY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HALOCOCCUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84886236628     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0575-z     Document Type: Article

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