Discovery of pinoresinol reductase genes in sphingomonads

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-43

  Fukuhara, Y ^a   Kamimura, N ^a   Nakajima, M ^b   Hishiyama, S ^c   Hara, H ^d   Kasai, D ^a   Tsuji, Y ^b   Narita Yamada, S ^e   Nakamura, S ^e   Katano, Y ^e   Fujita, N ^e   Katayama, Y ^f   Fukuda, M ^a   Kajita, S ^b   Masai, E ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

^f NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lignin; Pinoresinol; Reductase; Sphingomonads

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIAL GENES; DILIGNOLS; LARICIRESINOL; ORTHOLOGS; PINORESINOL; REDUCTASE; REDUCTASE GENES; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; SPHINGOBIUM; SPHINGOMONADS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; GENES; LIGNIN;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PINORESINOL; PINORESINOL REDUCTASE; PROTEIN NMRA LIKE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM AROMATICIVORANS; PINZ GENE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RACEMIC MIXTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FURANS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGNANS; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOVOSPHINGOBIUM AROMATICIVORANS DSM 12444; SPHINGOBIUM;

EID: 84870332551     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: 18790909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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