Identification of Dehalobacter reductive dehalogenases that catalyse dechlorination of chloroform, 1,1,1- trichloroethane and 1,1-dichloroethane

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1616, 2013, Pages

  Tang, Shuiquan ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blue native PAGE; Chlorinated ethanes; Chloroform; Dehalobacter; Reductive dehalogenases; Reductive dehalogenation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CATALYSIS; CHLOROFORM; DATABASE; DECHLORINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEMBRANE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

1,1 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLOROETHANE; CHLOROFORM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; TRICHLOROETHANE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HALOGENATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROFORM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ETHYL CHLORIDE; HALOGENATION; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRICHLOROETHANES;

EID: 84875082630     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0318     Document Type: Article

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