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Looking Outwards: Isolation of Cyanobacterial Released Carbohydrate Polymers and Proteins
Published on: May 27, 2019
[Pullulanase and the proteins related to its secretion--a review]
Nan Jiang1, Hui Song, Ping Wang
1Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China. jiangnan82@yahoo.cn
Abstract:
Due to its ability of hydrolyzing alpha-1,6-linkages, pullulanase plays a significant role in the industries where starch is used as raw material, including food processing and bioenergy. Exploitation of this enzyme focuses not only on screening novel strains, but also on its molecular structure as well as its secretion pathway and improvement of the properties. Therefore, researches on the gene regulation and the proteins involved in the secretory pathway seem especially important. This review introduced the advances in the study of these fields.
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