L-Arabinose isomerase and its use for biotechnological production of rare sugars

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 8869-8878

  Xu, Zheng ^a   Li, Sha ^a   Feng, Xiaohai ^a   Liang, Jinfeng ^a   Xu, Hong ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological catalysis; D Tagatose; L Arabinose isomerase; L Ribose; Rare sugar

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

BIOLOGICAL CATALYSIS; D-TAGATOSE; L-ARABINOSE ISOMERASE; L-RIBOSE; RARE SUGARS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ARABINOSE; GALACTOSE; ISOMERASE; LEVO ARABINOSE ISOMERASE; RIBOSE; TAGATOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBOHYDRATE; L-ARABINOSE ISOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; CELL DENSITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; GLYCATION; HALF LIFE TIME; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IMMOBILIZED CELL; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRENDS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84925463294     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6073-0     Document Type: Review

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