Chitobiase, a new reporter enzyme

N,N'-diacetylchitobiase (chitobiase) from the marine organism Vibrio harveyi is a highly stable reporter enzyme for gene fusions. This enzyme hydrolyzes the disaccharide chitobiose to N-acetyl glucosamine. The advantages of the reporter gene encoding chitobiase (chb) are: (i) that chitobiase an...

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Publié dans:BioTechniques. - 1991. - 25(1998), 6 vom: 04. Dez., Seite 1030-5
Auteur principal: Kalabat, D Y (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Froelich, J M, Phuong, T K, Forsyth, R A, Newman, V G, Zyskind, J W
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 1998
Accès à la collection:BioTechniques
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Bacterial Proteins DNA-Binding Proteins DnaA protein, Bacteria Recombinant Fusion Proteins Acetylglucosaminidase EC 3.2.1.52