The ins and outs of ring-cleaving dioxygenases

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-267

  Vaillancourt, Frédéric ^a   Bolin, Jeffrey ^b   Eltis, Lindsay ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aminophenol; Catechol; Cupin superfamily; Extradiol dioxygenase; Gentisate; Hydroquinone; Hydroxyquinol; Intradiol dioxygenase; Protocatechuate; Salicylate; Vicinal oxygen chelate superfamily

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPHENOL; ALKENYL GROUP; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; CHELATE; DIOXYGENASE; DIVALENT CATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENTISIC ACID; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL GROUP; IRON; METAL ION; OXYGEN; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENOMICS; METAL BINDING; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; DIOXYGENASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; OXYGENASES;

EID: 33746268121     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230600817422     Document Type: Review

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