Synthesis of 3-tert-butylcatechol by an engineered monooxygenase

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 518-524

  Meyer, Andreas ^a   Held, Martin ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a   Kohler, Hans Peter E ^b   Witholt, Bernard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

2 hydroxybiphenyl 3 monooxygenase (EC 1.14.13.44); 3 tert butylcatechol; Engineered monooxygenase; In situ product removal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOXICITY;

BACTERIAL STRAIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

3 TERT BUTYLCATECHOL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CATECHOL; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYDROXYLATION; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AZELAICA; TIME; TOXICITY; WILD TYPE;

BIOREACTORS; CATECHOLS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AZELAICA;

EID: 0037420356     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10487     Document Type: Article

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