Polyester synthases: Natural catalysts for plastics

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 376, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-33

  Rehm, Bernd H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopolyester; Biopolymer; Catalytic mechanism; PHA synthase; Polyester synthase; Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; CLONING; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; METABOLISM; MONOLAYERS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYESTERS;

GENES ENCODING; MUTATIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID; COENZYME A; HYDROLASE; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; PLASTIC; POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SYNTHETASE;

ALGORITHM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL INCLUSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; CATALYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASTICS; POLYESTERS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0345688125     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031254     Document Type: Review

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