Protein engineering of cellulases

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-145

  Bommarius, Andreas S ^a,b   Sohn, Minjeong ^a,b,c   Kang, Yuzhi ^a,b   Lee, Jay H ^c   Realff, Matthew J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CELLULOSE HYDROLYSIS; MONOOXYGENASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LYTIC POLYSACCHARIDE MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; BIOCATALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; CATALYSIS; FUNGUS; HUMICOLA INSOLENS; HYDROLYSIS; HYPOCREA JECORINA; PHANEROCHAETE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; THERMOSTABILITY;

BIOCATALYSIS; CELLULASES; CELLULOSE; ENZYME STABILITY; GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84899815212     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.04.007     Document Type: Review

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