Identification of the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-specific acetoacetyl coenzyme A reductase among multiple FabG paralogs in Haloarcula hispanica and reconstruction of the PHA biosynthetic pathway in Haloferax volcanii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6168-6175

  Han, Jing ^a   Lu, Qiuhe ^a   Zhou, Ligang ^a,b   Liu, Hailong ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CO-EXPRESSION; COENZYME A; COMPLEMENTATION; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA; PARALOGS; PHA SYNTHASES; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; REDUCTASE ACTIVITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS;

GENES;

ACETOACETYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; BETA KETOACYL ACP REDUCTASE 1; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID B; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; COENZYME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA HISPANICA; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HALOARCULA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HALOARCULA HISPANICA; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 70349433656     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00938-09     Document Type: Article

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