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Inter-conversion of catalytic abilities in a bifunctional carboxyl/feruloyl-esterase from earthworm gut metagenome

  1. José María Vieites1,†,
  2. Azam Ghazi1,†,
  3. Ana Beloqui1,†,
  4. Julio Polaina2,
  5. José M. Andreu3,
  6. Olga V. Golyshina4,
  7. Taras Y. Nechitaylo4,
  8. Agnes Waliczek4,
  9. Michail M. Yakimov5,
  10. Peter N. Golyshin4,6,7,‡,*,
  11. Manuel Ferrer1,‡,*

Article first published online: 17 JUL 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00135.x

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Microbial Biotechnology

Microbial Biotechnology

Special Issue: Biocatalysis. Guest Editors: Karl-Erich Jaeger, Andreas Schmid and Manuel Ferrer

Volume 3, Issue 1, pages 48–58, January 2010

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Vieites, J. M., Ghazi, A., Beloqui, A., Polaina, J., Andreu, J. M., Golyshina, O. V., Nechitaylo, T. Y., Waliczek, A., Yakimov, M. M., Golyshin, P. N. and Ferrer, M. (2010), Inter-conversion of catalytic abilities in a bifunctional carboxyl/feruloyl-esterase from earthworm gut metagenome. Microbial Biotechnology, 3: 48–58. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00135.x

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  1. 1

    CSIC, Institute of Catalysis, 28049 Madrid, Spain.

  2. 2

    CSIC, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, 46980 Valencia, Spain.

  3. 3

    CSIC, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

  4. 4

    Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, HZI-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.

  5. 5

    Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero, CNR, Messina 98122, Italy.

  6. 6

    School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK.

  7. 7

    Centre for Integrated Research in the Rural Environment, Aberystwyth University-Bangor University Partnership (CIRRE), Ceredigion, SY23 3BF.

  1. †

    These authors contributed equally to the work.

  2. ‡

    These two last authors contributed equally to the work.

* *E-mail mferrer@icp.csic.es; Tel. (+34) 91 585 4928; Fax (+34) 91 585 4760;
**E-mail p.golyshin@bangor.ac.uk; Tel. (+44) 1248 38 3629; Fax (+44) 1248 38 2569.

  • †

    These authors contributed equally to the work.

  • ‡

    These two last authors contributed equally to the work.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 17 JUL 2009
  3. Received 18 June 2009; accepted 19 June 2009.

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