Structure of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase PhaC from Chromobacterium sp. USM2, producing biodegradable plastics

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Chek, Min Fey ^a   Kim, Sun Yong ^a   Mori, Tomoyuki ^a   Arsad, Hasni ^b   Samian, Mohammed Razip ^c   Sudesh, Kumar ^c   Hakoshima, Toshio ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE;

CHEMISTRY; CHROMOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 85023764107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05509-4     Document Type: Article

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