Muhammad Nauman Aftab
Government College University, Pakistan
Biography
Dr. Muhammad Nauman Aftab is an associate professor at MN Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan. He has worked in the area of cloning and gene expression of Bacillus licheniformis and Geobacillus stearothermophilus that code for industrially important enzymes. Some of the cloned genes by his team are β-glucanase, serine protease, β-glucosidase, xylanase, etc. Apart from cloning genes, he has also worked on the production of various enzymes like tannase, lipase and polypeptide antibiotic (bacitracin) from wild bacterial strains like Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis and Geobacillus stearothermophilus.
Abstract
Abstract : Cloning, expression and characterization of β-xylanase gene from Thermotoga naphthophila