Effects of mutations at threonine-654 on the insoluble glucan synthesized by Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-1118 glucansucrase

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 6651-6658

  Côté, Gregory L ^a   Skory, Christopher D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextran; Dextransucrase; Gel; Glucansucrase; Insoluble polysaccharide; Mutan

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; CLONING; DEXTRAN; ENZYMES; GELS;

DEXTRANSUCRASE; GLUCANSUCRASE; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; MUTAN; MUTATED ENZYMES;

AMINO ACIDS;

DEXTRAN; GLUCAN; GLUCANSUCRASE; GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE; THREONINE; THREONINE 654; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SUCRASE; ALTERNANSUCRASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LEUCONOSTOC; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GLUCOSE; MUTATION;

LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLUCANS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LEUCONOSTOC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLUBILITY; THREONINE;

EID: 84905014350     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5622-x     Document Type: Article

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