Proposed oxidative metabolic pathway for polypropylene glycol in Sphingobium sp. strain PW-1

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1115-1118

  Hu, Xiaoping ^a,b   Liu, Xin ^b,c   Tani, Akio ^b   Kimbara, Kazuhide ^b   Kawai, Fusako ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonylated product of PPG; Oxidative metabolic pathway of PPG; Polypropylene glycol (PPG); PPG dehydrogenase; PPG assimilating Sphingobium sp. strain PW 1

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; GLYCOLS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; POLYPROPYLENES;

OXIDATIVE METABOLIC PATHWAY; POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL (PPG); PPG DEHYDROGENASE; PPG-ASSIMILATING SPHINGOBIUM SP. STRAIN PW-1;

BACTERIA;

OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

SPHINGOBIUM;

EID: 43549121917     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70749     Document Type: Article

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