Recent novel applications of levansucrases

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 6959-6969

  Li, Wenjing ^a   Yu, Shuhuai ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Jiang, Bo ^a   Mu, Wanmeng ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fructooligosaccharide; Fructoside; Lactosucrose; Levan; Levansucrase; Transfructosylation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY;

FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES; FRUCTOSIDE; LACTOSUCROSE; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE; TRANSFRUCTOSYLATION;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

DISACCHARIDE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; FRUCTOSIDE; LACTOSUCROSE; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE; MICROBIAL ENZYME; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE; TRISACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBOHYDRATE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY;

BIOCATALYST; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HYDROLYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFRUCTOSYLATION; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; PHARMACEUTICS; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGI; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84939205945     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6797-5     Document Type: Review

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