Substrate range and genetic analysis of Acinetobacter vanillate demethylase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1383-1389

  Morawski, Birgit ^a,b   Segura, Ana ^a,c   Ornston, L Nicholas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; VANILLATE DEMETHYLASE; VANILLIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METABOLIC INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VANILLIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; ACINETOBACTER VANILLATE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033981219     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.5.1383-1389.2000     Document Type: Article

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