Degradative pathways for p-toluenecarboxylate and p-toluenesulfonate and their multicomponent oxygenases in Comamonas testosteroni strains PSB-4 and T-2

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2419-2427

  Junker, Frank ^a   Saller, Elisabeth ^a,c   Schläfli Oppenberg, Hans R ^a,d   Kroneck, Peter M H ^b   Leisinger, Thomas ^a   Cook, Alasdair M ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^d Fa Paul Bucher   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Camamonas testosteroni; Identical enzymes; p sulfobenzoate dioxygenase system; Terephthalate dioxygenase system

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

EID: 0029785521     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2419     Document Type: Article

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