Identification of sucrose synthase in nonphotosynthetic bacteria and characterization of the recombinant enzymes

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 8465-8474

  Diricks, Margo ^a   De Bruyn, Frederik ^a   Van Daele, Paul ^a   Walmagh, Maarten ^a   Desmet, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nucleotide sugar; Photosynthesis; Sucrose metabolism; Sucrose synthase

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

GENOMIC ORGANIZATION; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NUCLEOTIDE SUGAR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS; RECOMBINANT ENZYMES; SUCROSE SYNTHASE;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOMICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECOMBINATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITROVIBRIO ACETIPHILUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MELIORIBACTER ROSEUS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOBACTERIA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUCROSE METABOLISM; THERMOSTABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TEMPERATURE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; CYANOBACTERIA; DENITROVIBRIO ACETIPHILUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84941993790     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6548-7     Document Type: Article

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