Benzoate-coenzyme a ligase from Thauera aromatica: An enzyme acting in anaerobic and aerobic pathways

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4920-4929

  Schühle, Karola ^a   Gescher, Johannes ^a   Feil, Ulrich ^a   Paul, Michael ^a   Jahn, Martina ^a   Schägger, Hermann ^b   Fuchs, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ANTHRANILIC ACID; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZOATE COENZYME A LIGASE; BENZOIC ACID; COENZYME A; LIGASE; MONOMER; OXYGEN; THIOESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAUERA AROMATICA;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BENZOATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COENZYME A LIGASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAUERA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THAUERA; THAUERA AROMATICA;

EID: 0041559697     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.4920-4929.2003     Document Type: Article

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