Characterization of an O-Demethylase of Desulfitobacterium hafniense DCB-2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3317-3326

  Studenik, Sandra ^a   Vogel, Michaela ^a   Diekert, Gabriele ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRINOID; GUAIACOL; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; MECOBALAMIN; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; O DEMETHYLASE;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ACETOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CORRINOIDS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLTRANSFERASES; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ACETOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE DCB-2; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864005154     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00146-12     Document Type: Article

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