The turnover of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates in Pseudomonas putida KT2442 and the fundamental role of PhaZ depolymerase for the metabolic balance

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 207-221

  De Eugenio, Laura Isabel ^a   Escapa, Isabel F ^a   Morales, Valle ^a   Dinjaski, Nina ^a   Galán, Beatriz ^a   García, José Luis ^a   Prieto, María A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CARBOXYLESTERASE; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) DEPOLYMERASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYALKENOATE)POLYMERASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) DEPOLYMERASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKENOATE)POLYMERASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NITROGEN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 73349109805     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02061.x     Document Type: Article

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