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Molecular and physiological role of the trehalose-hydrolyzing alpha-glucosidase from Thermus thermophilus HB27.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 2008
Alarico Susana, da Costa Milton S, Empadinhas Nuno
Abstract excerpt
Trehalose supports the growth of Thermus thermophilus strain HB27, but the absence of obvious genes for the hydrolysis of this disaccharide in the genome led us to search for enzymes for such a purpose. We expressed a putative alpha-glucosidase gene (TTC0107), characterized the recombinant enzyme, and found that the preferred substrate was alpha,alpha-1,1-trehalose, a new feature among alpha-glucosidases. The...
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