Class IV polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthases and PHA-producing Bacillus

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 6231-6240

  Tsuge, Takeharu ^a   Hyakutake, Manami ^b   Mizuno, Kouhei ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^c KITAKYUSHU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholysis; Bacillus; Class IV; PhaC box; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Terminal modification; Two component synthase

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MONOMERS;

ALCOHOLYSIS; CLASS IV; PHAC BOX; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; SYNTHASES; TERMINAL MODIFICATIONS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CLASS IV POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; MONOMER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLTRANSFERASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CATALYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; POLYMERIZATION;

ALCOHOLYSIS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84937627805     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6777-9     Document Type: Review

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