Enzyme specificity of 2-nitrotoluene 2,3-dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain JS42 is determined by the C-terminal region of the α subunit of the oxygenase component

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1194-1199

  Parales, Juanito V ^a   Parales, Rebecca E ^a   Resnick, Sol M ^a,b   Gibson, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NITROTOLUENE; DIOXYGENASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0031932850     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1194-1199.1998     Document Type: Article

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