Characterization of a fatty acyl-CoA reductase from Marinobacter aquaeolei VT8: A bacterial enzyme catalyzing the reduction of fatty acyl-CoA to fatty alcohol

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 48, 2011, Pages 10550-10558

  Willis, Robert M ^a   Wahlen, Bradley D ^a   Seefeldt, Lance C ^a   Barney, Brett M ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL-COA; APPARENT K; BACTERIAL ENZYMES; BIOLOGICAL APPROACH; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FOUR ELECTRONS; MARINOBACTER; PETROLEUM COMPOUNDS; RATE OF REDUCTION; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

ALCOHOL FUELS; ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; SUBSTRATES;

ALCOHOLS;

ACYL COENZYME A; ALDEHYDE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FATTY ALCOHOL; PALMITOYL COENZYME A;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER AQUAEOLEI; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REDUCTION KINETICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACYL COENZYME A; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; FATTY ALCOHOLS; MARINOBACTER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 82455219013     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi2008646     Document Type: Article

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