Identification and characterization of a new enoyl coenzyme a hydratase involved in biosynthesis of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates in recombinant Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 5391-5397

  Park, Si Jae ^a   Lee, Sang Yup ^a,b  

^a BioProcess Engineering Research Center   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; GENE PRODUCT; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FADB GENE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MAOC GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, RECOMBINANT; ENOYL-COA HYDRATASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE SILENCING; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYESTERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0042337274     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5391-5397.2003     Document Type: Article

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