Cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from Bacillus licheniformis: optimization of production and its properties Cyclodextrina glycosyltransferase de Bacillus licheniformis: otimização da produção e suas propriedades

Cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.19) is an enzyme that produces cyclodextrins from starch via an intramolecular transglycosylation reaction. An alkalophilic Bacillus strain, isolated from cassava peels, was identified as Bacillus licheniformis. CGTase production by this strain was better w...

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Main Authors: Paulo Roberto Martins Bonilha, Vivian Menocci, Antonio José Goulart, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli, Rubens Monti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2006-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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