A low-volume, parallel copper-bicinchoninic acid (BCA) assay for glycoside hydrolases

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1588, Issue , 2017, Pages 3-14

  Arnal, Gregory ^a   Attia, Mohamed A ^a,b   Asohan, Jathavan ^a   Brumer, Harry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes); Copper bicinchoninic acid (BCA); Enzymology; Glycosidase; Glycoside hydrolase (GH); Polysaccharide; Reducing sugar

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; BICINCHONINIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

COPPER; ENZYME ASSAYS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; KINETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLINES;

EID: 85018547786     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6899-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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