Diversity of dioxygenases that catalyze the first step of oxidation of long-chain n-alkanes in Acinetobacter sp. M-1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 177-182

  Maeng, Jun Ho ^a   Sakai, Yasuyoshi ^a   Ishige, Takeru ^a   Tani, Yoshiki ^a,b   Kato, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter sp. M 1; Long chain n alkane; n Alkane dioxygenase

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; 2,2' BIPYRIDINE; 8 QUINOLINOL; ALKANE; ALKENE; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER ION; ENZYME; FLAVOPROTEIN; HYDROPEROXIDE; OXYGENASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; ACINETOBACTER SP. M-1;

EID: 0030221830     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00218-2     Document Type: Article

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