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(2007) Production of cyclodextrins by CGTase from Bacillus clausii using different starches
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glucanotransferase from Brevibacterium sp. No. 9605. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem
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γ-cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from an Alkalophilic Bacillus clarkii 7364. J Biochem
133:317–324
81. Takada M, Ide T, Yamamoto T, Unno T, Watanabe Y, Sone H, Yamamoto M (2003) Novel
cyclodextrin glucanotransferase, process for producing the same and process for producing
cyclodextrin by using this enzyme. Patent no. US20030194796A1
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glycosyltransferase of an alkalophilic Bacillus sp. Agric Biol Chem 40:935–941
66. Kim MH, Sohn CB, Oh TK (1998) Cloning and sequencing of a cyclodextrin
glycosyltransferase gene from Brevibacillus brevis CD162 and its expression in Escherichia
coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 164:411–418
67. Atanasova N, Kitayska T, Bojadjieva I, Yankov D, Tonkova A (2011) A novel cyclodextrin
glucanotransferase from alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudalcaliphilus 20RF: purification and
properties. Process Biochem 46:116–122
68. Thiemann V, Dönges C, Prowe SG, Sterner R, Antranikian G (2004) Characterisation of
a thermoalkali-stable cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from the anaerobic thermoalkaliphilic
bacterium Anaerobranca gottschalkii. Arch Microbiol 182:226–235
69. Cao X, Jin Z, Wang X, Chen F (2005) A novel cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from
an alkalophilic Bacillus species: purification and characterization. Food Res Int 38:309–314
70. Moriwaki C, Ferreira LR, Rodella JRT, Matioli G (2009) A novel cyclodextrin
glycosyltransferase from Bacillus sphaericus strain 41: production, characterization and
catalytic properties. Biochem Eng J 48:124–131
71. Vassileva A, Atanasova N, Ivanova V, Dhulster P, Tonkova A (2007) Characterisation of
cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from Bacillus circulans ATCC 21783 in terms of cyclodextrin
production. Ann Microbiol 57:609–615
72. Yim DG, Sato HH, Park YH, Park YK (1997) Production of cyclodextrin from starch
by cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from Bacillus firmus and characterization of purified
enzyme. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 18:402–405
73. Hirano K, Ishihara T, Ogasawara S, Maeda H, Abe K, Nakajima T, Yamagata Y (2006)
Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel γ-CGTase from alkalophilic Bacillus
sp. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 70:193–201
74. Martins RF, Hatti-Kaul R (2002) A new cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from an alkaliphilic
Bacillus agaradhaerens isolate: purification and characterisation. Enzyme Microb Technol
30:116–124
75. Penninga D, Strokopytov B, Rozeboom HJ, Lawson CL, Dijkstra BW, Bergsma J, Dijkhuizen
L (1995) Site-directed mutations in tyrosine 195 of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from
Bacillus circulans strain 251 affect activity and product specificity. Biochemistry
34:3368–3376
76. Moriwaki C, Costa GL, Pazzetto R, Zanin GM, Moraes FF, Portilho M, Matioli G (2007)
Production and characterization of a new cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from Bacillus
firmus isolated from Brazilian soil. Process Biochem 42:1384–1390
77. Ibrahim ASS, Al-Salamah AA, El-Tayeb MA, El-Badawi YB, Antranikian G (2012) A Novel
Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase from Alkaliphilic Amphibacillus sp. NPST-10: Purification
and Properties. Int J Mol Sci 13:10505–10522
78. Alves-Prado HF, AAJ Carneiro, FC Pavezzi, E Gomes, M Boscolo, CML Franco, R da Silva
(2007) Production of cyclodextrins by CGTase from Bacillus clausii using different starches
as substrates. In: Biotechnology for fuels and chemicals, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, pp
123–133
79. Mori S, Hirose S, Oya T, Kitahata S (1994) Purification and properties of cyclodextrin
glucanotransferase from Brevibacterium sp. No. 9605. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem
58:1968–1972
80. Takada M, Nakagawa Y, Yamamoto M (2003) Biochemical and genetic analyses of a novel
γ-cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from an Alkalophilic Bacillus clarkii 7364. J Biochem
133:317–324
81. Takada M, Ide T, Yamamoto T, Unno T, Watanabe Y, Sone H, Yamamoto M (2003) Novel
cyclodextrin glucanotransferase, process for producing the same and process for producing
cyclodextrin by using this enzyme. Patent no. US20030194796A1
242
S. O. Hashim
