Gene structures and properties of enzymes of the plasmid-encoded nicotine catabolism of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1323-1339

  Schenk, Susann ^a,b   Hoelz, André ^a,c   Krauß, Beate ^a   Decker, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxy D nicotine oxidase; 6 Hydroxy L nicotine oxidase; Ketone dehydrogenase; Sequence homologies; phage library

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYNICOTINE OXIDASE; KETONE DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA; START CODON; STOP CODON; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER NICOTINOVORANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032545185     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2227     Document Type: Article

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