Two novel alkane hydroxylase-rubredoxin fusion genes isolated from a Dietzia bacterium and the functions of fused rubredoxin domains in long-chain n-alkane degradation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7279-7288

  Nie, Yong ^a   Liang, Jieliang ^a   Fang, Hui ^a   Tang, Yue Qin ^a   Wu, Xiao Lei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; CARBON ATOMS; DELETION MUTANTS; FUSION GENES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MONOOXYGENASES; N-ALKANES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RUBREDOXIN; SOLE CARBON SOURCE;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CLONING; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; PETROLEUM; RUBREDOXIN;

ALKANE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CELL ORGANELLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRUDE OIL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RADIUM;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; ALKANES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBON; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RUBREDOXINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 82955206432     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00203-11     Document Type: Article

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