Novel pathway for catabolism of the organic sulfur compound 3,3′-dithiodipropionic acid via 3-mercaptopropionic acid and 3-sulfinopropionic acid to propionyl-coenzyme A by the aerobic bacterium Tetrathiobacter mimigardefordensis strain DPN7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4028-4035

  Wübbeler, Jan Hendrik ^a   Bruland, Nadine ^a   Kretschmer, Kornelia ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID (MPA); AEROBIC BACTERIUM; COENZYME A (COA); MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; ORGANIC DISULFIDE; ORGANIC SULFUR; PROPIONYL;

SULFUR;

2 METHYLISOCITRATE DEHYDRATASE; 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; 3 SULFINOPROPIONIC ACID; 3,3' DITHIODIPROPIONIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; COENZYME A; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROLYASE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPIONYL COENZYME A;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CATABOLISM; CHEMICAL BONDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; PROTEIN;

ACNB GENE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CDO GENE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LPDA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUCCD GENE; TETRATHIOBACTER MIMIGARDEFORDENSIS; TRANSPOSON;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; ACYL COENZYME A; AEROBIOSIS; ALCALIGENACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROPIONATES; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TETRATHIOBACTER;

EID: 46949090171     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00422-08     Document Type: Article

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