Nitrite elimination and hydrolytic ring cleavage in 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (picric acid) degradation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2854-2860

  Hofmann, Klaus W ^a   Knackmuss, Hans Joachim ^a   Heiss, Gesche ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ENZYMES; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

HYDROLYTIC RING CLEAVAGE; PROTON SHIFT;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

2,4 DINITROCYCLOHEXANONE; 4,6 DINITROHEXANOATE; CYCLOHEXANONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; NITRITE; PICRIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; HYDROGENATION; NONHUMAN; NPDH GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PIMELOBACTER SIMPLEX; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

2,4-DINITROPHENOL; ACTINOMYCETALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROLASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; PICRATES; RHODOCOCCUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIOIDES; PIMELOBACTER SIMPLEX; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 2442687077     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.2854-2860.2004     Document Type: Article

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