Evidence for the evolution of a single component phenol/cresol hydroxylase from a multicomponent toluene monooxygenase

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 360-368

  Olsen, R H ^a   Kukor, J J ^a,b   Byrne, A M ^a,c   Johnson, G R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pickettii PKO1; Molecular evolution; Multicomponent oxygenases; Phenol hydroxylase; Pseudomonas sp strain JS150; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CRESOL; HYDROLASE; OXYGENASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PICKETTII; DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031437066     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900453     Document Type: Article

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