Molecular characterization of the enzymes involved in the degradation of a brominated aromatic herbicide

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1121-1139

  Chen, Kai ^a   Huang, Linglong ^a   Xu, Changfeng ^a   Liu, Xiaomei ^a   He, Jian ^a   Zinder, Stephen H ^b   Li, Shunpeng ^a   Jiang, Jiandong ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXY 2 HYDROXYMUCONATE 6 SEMIALDEHYDE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BROMOXYNIL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRATE REDUCTASE (NADPH); NITRILASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN BHBB; PROTOCATECHUATE 4,5 DIOXYGENASE; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENASE BHBA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BHBA GENE; BHBD2E2 GENE; BHBDE GENE; BHBF GENE; BHBF2 GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BXN2 GENE; CARBON SOURCE; COMAMONAS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE CLUSTER; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

COMAMONAS SP.; PROTEOBACTERIA;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BROMIDES; COMAMONAS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HERBICIDES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRILES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84884281264     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12332     Document Type: Article

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