Cloning and characterization of a gene cluster involved in cyclopentanol metabolism in Comamonas sp. strain NCIMB 9872 and biotransformations effected by Escherichia coli-expressed cyclopentanone 1,2-monooxygenase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5671-5684

  Iwaki, Hiroaki ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshie ^a   Wang, Shaozhao ^a   Kayser, Margaret M ^a   Lau, Peter C K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

OPEN READING FRAMES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

5 HYDROXYVALERATE DEHYDROGENASE; 5 VALEROLACTONE HYDROLASE; ALKANOL; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYCLOPENTANOL; CYCLOPENTANOL DEHYDROGENASE; CYCLOPENTANONE 1,2 MONOOXYGENASE; FLAVOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLONE;

ACINETOBACTER; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCATALYST; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMAMONAS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; COMAMONAS SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0036841620     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5671-5684.2002     Document Type: Article

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