Tetrahydrofolate-dependent vanillate and syringate O-demethylation links tightly to one-carbon metabolic pathway associated with amino acid synthesis and DNA methylation in the lignin metabolism of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 434-439

  Sonoki, Tomonori ^a   Otsuka, Yuichiro ^a   Ikeda, Seiichiro ^a   Masai, Eiji ^b   Kajita, Shinya ^a   Katayama, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lignin biodegradation; One carbon metabolism; Tetrahydrofolate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CARBON; GENES; LIGNIN; METABOLISM; STRAIN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SYRINGATE;

DNA;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CARBON; GENES; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; STRAINS; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

EID: 0142071576     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00770706     Document Type: Article

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