In vitro Characterization of Phenylacetate Decarboxylase, a Novel Enzyme Catalyzing Toluene Biosynthesis in an Anaerobic Microbial Community

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zargar, K ^a   Saville, R ^a   Phelan, R M ^a,b   Tringe, S G ^c,d   Petzold, C J ^a,d   Keasling, J D ^a,d,e,f   Beller, H R ^a,d  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-HYDROXYPHENYLACETATE DECARBOXYLASE; AMIDE; CARBOXYLYASE; OXYGEN; RNA 16S; TOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CATALYSIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; SEWAGE;

AMIDES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CARBOXY-LYASES; CATALYSIS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CLOSTRIDIUM; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; TOLUENE;

EID: 84982095570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep31362     Document Type: Article

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