Successful heterologous expression of a novel chitinase identified by sequence analyses of the metagenome from a chitin-enriched soil sample

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 201, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-68

  Stoveken J ^a   Singh, R ^a   Kolkenbrock, S ^b   Zakrzewski, M ^c   Wibberg, D ^c   Eikmeyer, F G ^c   Puhler A ^c   Schluter A ^c   Moerschbacher, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Evocatal GmbH   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitin chitosan modifying enzymes; Chitinase; Dot assay; Next generation metagenomic sequencing; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHITOSAN; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; MULTILAYERS; SOIL SURVEYS;

CHITIN/CHITOSAN; CHITINASES; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NATURAL POLYSACCHARIDE; NEXT GENERATION METAGENOMIC SEQUENCING; SEQUENCE INFORMATIONS;

SOILS;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITOSAN;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITOSAN; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84939956305     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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