Molecular mechanisms of biocatalytic desulfurization of fossil fuels

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1705-1709

  Gray, Kevin A ^a   Pogrebinsky, Olga S ^a   Mrachko, Gregory T ^a   Xi, Lei ^a   Monticello, Daniel J ^a   Squires, Charles H ^a  

^a Energy BioSystems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Biodesulfurization; Desulfinase; Dibenzothiophene; Flavin; Monooxygenase; NADH:FMN oxidoreductase; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DESULFURIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; FMN REDUCTASE; FOSSIL FUELS; KINETICS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PETROLEUM; RHODOCOCCUS; SULFUR; THIOPHENES;

RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0029829688     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1296-1705     Document Type: Article

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