Synthetic polyester-hydrolyzing enzymes from thermophilic actinomycetes

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 267-305

  Wei, Ren ^a   Oeser, Thorsten ^a   Zimmermann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Polyester hydrolases; Polyethylene terephthalate; Synthetic polyester; Thermobifida; Thermomonospora

Indexed keywords

CUTINASE; HYDROLASE; POLYESTER; POLYESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

ACTINOMYCETES; POLYESTER HYDROLASES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; SYNTHETIC POLYESTER; THERMOBIFIDA; THERMOMONOSPORA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROLASES; KINETICS; POLYESTERS;

EID: 84905993861     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800259-9.00007-X     Document Type: Chapter

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