Haloarchaeal-type β-ketothiolases involved in poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) synthesis in Haloferax mediterranei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 5104-5111

  Hou, Jing ^a,b   Feng, Bo ^a,c   Han, Jing ^a   Liu, Hailong ^a,d   Zhao, Dahe ^a   Zhou, Jian ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING RED CROSS BLOOD CENTER   (China)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYVALERATE; ACETYL COENZYME A; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIALS; CATALYTIC RESIDUE; CATALYTIC SUBUNITS; CATALYTIC TRIAD; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYVALERATE); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

GENES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84884276292     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01370-13     Document Type: Article

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