Altering toluene 4-monooxygenase by active-site engineering for the synthesis of 3-methoxycatechol, methoxyhydroquinone, and methylhydroquinone

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4705-4713

  Tao, Ying ^a   Fishman, Ayelet ^a   Bentley, William E ^b   Wood, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHOXYCATECHOL; 4 METHOXYRESORCINOL; 4 METHYLCATECHOL; BENZENE; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; GUAIACOL; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; META CRESOL; METHOXYHYDROQUINONE; METHYLHYDROQUINONE; ORTHO CRESOL; PARA CRESOL; PHENOL; PYROGALLOL; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; TOLUENE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROXYLATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BENZENE; BINDING SITES; CATECHOLS; CRESOLS; HYDROQUINONES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; PHENOL; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PYROGALLOL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOLUENE;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA;

EID: 3042815981     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.14.4705-4713.2004     Document Type: Article

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