Protein engineering of toluene-o-xylene monooxygenase from Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1 for synthesizing 4-methylresorcinol, methylhydroquinone, and pyrogallol

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3253-3262

  Vardar, Gönül ^a   Wood, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TOLUENE;

MUTANTS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

MICROBIOLOGY;

3 METHYLCATECHOL; 4 METHYLCATECHOL; 4 METHYLRESORCINOL; BENZENE; CATECHOL; DNA; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; META CRESOL; METHYLHYDROQUINONE; ORTHO CRESOL; OXYGENASE; PARA CRESOL; PHENOL; PYROGALLOL; RESORCINOL; TOLUENE; TOLUENE ORTHO XYLENE MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

BINDING SITES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA SHUFFLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROQUINONES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; OXYGENASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; PYROGALLOL; RESORCINOLS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 2942592050     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3253-3262.2004     Document Type: Article

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