Initial reaction(s) in biotransformation of CL-20 is catalyzed by salicylate 1-monooxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain ATCC 29352

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4040-4047

  Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Halasz, Annamaria ^a   Spain, Jim C ^b   Hawari, Jalal ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXANITRO 2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; AMMONIA; CL 20; DIPHENYLIODONIUM SALT; EXPLOSIVE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FORMIC ACID; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; SALICYLATE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSPRAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ISOMERISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM; STOICHIOMETRY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

AZA COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PSEUDOMONAS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 3242761618     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4040-4047.2004     Document Type: Article

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