Evolution of the soluble diiron monooxygenases

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 449-479

  Leahy, Joseph G ^a   Batchelor, Patricia J ^a   Morcomb, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkene monooxygenase; Gene duplication; Horizontal gene transfer; Methane monooxygenase; Phenol hydroxylase; Toluene monooxygenase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FERREDOXIN; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENY; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

GORDONIA RUBRIPERTINCTUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS CORALLINUS;

EID: 0141448799     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00023-8     Document Type: Review

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