Mutagenesis Of Microbial Transglutaminase For QTAG-KTAG Conjugation

The initial discovery of microbial transglutaminase (mTGase) was to soothe the high cost of mammalian transglutaminase in food processing industries. This enzyme has become an important tool in biotechnological applications due to its robustness, availability in high purity, bypass the need of calci...

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Main Author: Chan, Soo Khim
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Language:English
Published: 2018
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spelling my-usm-ep.441172019-04-18T01:48:13Z Mutagenesis Of Microbial Transglutaminase For QTAG-KTAG Conjugation 2018-05 Chan, Soo Khim R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research The initial discovery of microbial transglutaminase (mTGase) was to soothe the high cost of mammalian transglutaminase in food processing industries. This enzyme has become an important tool in biotechnological applications due to its robustness, availability in high purity, bypass the need of calcium ions for activation and high reaction rate. However, mTGase has low substrate specificity due to its wide active site cleft which impeding its diverse applications in biotechnological use. Therefore, mutagenesis of mTGase to obtain substrate specific enzyme is highly desirable for site-specific conjugations. 2018-05 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/44117/ http://eprints.usm.my/44117/1/CHAN%20SOO%20KHIM.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Institut Penyelidikan Perubatan Molekul
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Chan, Soo Khim
Mutagenesis Of Microbial Transglutaminase For QTAG-KTAG Conjugation
description The initial discovery of microbial transglutaminase (mTGase) was to soothe the high cost of mammalian transglutaminase in food processing industries. This enzyme has become an important tool in biotechnological applications due to its robustness, availability in high purity, bypass the need of calcium ions for activation and high reaction rate. However, mTGase has low substrate specificity due to its wide active site cleft which impeding its diverse applications in biotechnological use. Therefore, mutagenesis of mTGase to obtain substrate specific enzyme is highly desirable for site-specific conjugations.
format Thesis
qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level Doctorate
author Chan, Soo Khim
author_facet Chan, Soo Khim
author_sort Chan, Soo Khim
title Mutagenesis Of Microbial Transglutaminase For QTAG-KTAG Conjugation
title_short Mutagenesis Of Microbial Transglutaminase For QTAG-KTAG Conjugation
title_full Mutagenesis Of Microbial Transglutaminase For QTAG-KTAG Conjugation
title_fullStr Mutagenesis Of Microbial Transglutaminase For QTAG-KTAG Conjugation
title_full_unstemmed Mutagenesis Of Microbial Transglutaminase For QTAG-KTAG Conjugation
title_sort mutagenesis of microbial transglutaminase for qtag-ktag conjugation
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Institut Penyelidikan Perubatan Molekul
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.usm.my/44117/1/CHAN%20SOO%20KHIM.pdf
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