Bacterial degradation of tert-amyl alcohol proceeds via hemiterpene 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol by employing the tertiary alcohol desaturase function of the Rieske nonheme mononuclear iron oxygenase MdpJ

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 972-981

  Schuster, Judith ^a   Schäfer, Franziska ^a   Hübler, Nora ^a   Brandt, Anne ^a   Rosell, Mónica ^a   Härtig, Claus ^a   Harms, Hauke ^a   Müller, Roland H ^a   Rohwerder, Thore ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 2 BUTANOL; 2 METHYL 3 BUTEN 2 OL; 3 METHYL 3 PENTANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CROTONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEMITERPENE; ISOAMYLENE; ISOPRENE; LEUCINE; NONHEME MONONUCLEAR IRON OXYGENASE MDPJ; OXYGENASE; PENTANOL; SENECIOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; AQUINCOLA TERTIARICARBONIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOMERIZATION; METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; PENTANOLS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM;

EID: 84857839472     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06384-11     Document Type: Article

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