Properties of Geobacillus stearothermophilus levansucrase as potential biocatalyst for the synthesis of levan and fructooligosaccharides

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1405-1415

  Inthanavong, Lotthida ^a   Tian, Feng ^a   Khodadadi, Maryam ^a   Karboune, Salwa ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceptor specificity; Fructooligosaccharides; Geobacillus stearothermophilus; Kinetics; Levan; Levansucrase

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR SPECIFICITIES; FRUCTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE;

ENZYME KINETICS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; IDOLAX; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE;

ACCEPTOR SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

ACCEPTOR SPECIFICITY; FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; KINETICS; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE;

BIOREACTORS; CATALYSIS; FRUCTANS; FRUCTOSE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; KINETICS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84890152881     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1788     Document Type: Article

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