Identification and characterization of a mesophilic phytase highly resilient to high-temperatures from a fungus-garden associated metagenome

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2225-2241

  Tan, Hao ^a,b   Wu, Xiang ^a,b   Xie, Liyuan ^a,b   Huang, Zhongqian ^a,b   Peng, Weihong ^a,b   Gan, Bingcheng ^a,b  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Heat resilient; Mesophilic; Metagenomic; Overexpression; Phytase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOINFORMATICS; CULTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOSPHATASES;

BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; BIOINFORMATIC MINING; CULTURABLE MICROORGANISMS; MESOPHILIC; MESOPHILIC TEMPERATURE; METAGENOMIC; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHYTASES;

ENZYMES;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CHEMICAL AGENT; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE ACID PHOSPHATASE; METAL ION; PHYTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BEETLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HALF LIFE TIME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOPHILE; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; THERMOSTABILITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; INSECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

6-PHYTASE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSECTS; METAGENOME; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84958939538     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7097-9     Document Type: Article

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