Inhibition of extracellular proteases improves the production of a xylanase in Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Holland, Alexandria T N ^a,b   Danson, Michael J ^a   Bolhuis, Albert ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parageobacillus thermogluosidasius; Protease inhibition; Protein secretion; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUGARS;

EXTRACELLULAR PROTEASE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; PARAGEOBACILLUS THERMOGLUOSIDASIUS; PROTEASE INHIBITION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOLYTIC DEGRADATION; XYLANASES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

PROTEIN XYNA1; PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEOME; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOMERIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARAGEOBACILLUS THERMOGLUCOSIDASIUS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; XYNA1 GENE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENETICS; GEOBACILLUS; METABOLISM;

CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GEOBACILLUS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEOLYSIS; PROTEOME; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 85063212488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0511-0     Document Type: Article

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