Identification of a residue affecting fatty alcohol selectivity in wax ester synthase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 396-399

  Barney, Brett M ^a   Mann, Rachel L ^a   Ohlert, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTERS; BIFUNCTIONAL; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; FATTY ALCOHOLS; MARINOBACTER; SYNTHASES; WAX ESTERS;

ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; GLYCEROL;

ESTERS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ALCOHOL; LONG CHAIN ALCOHOL O FATTY ACYLTRANSFERASE; LONG-CHAIN-ALCOHOL O-FATTY-ACYLTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; REACTION KINETICS;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; MARINOBACTER; METABOLISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; FATTY ALCOHOLS; KINETICS; MARINOBACTER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS;

EID: 84871904714     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02523-12     Document Type: Article

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