Biotransformation of various alkanes using the Escherichia coli expressing an alkane hydroxylase system from Gordonia sp. TF6

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2171-2177

  Fujii, Tadashi ^a   Narikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Takeda, Koji ^a   Kato, Junichi ^b  

^a MERCIAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkane hydroxylase; Biotransformation; Cycloalkane oxidation; Gordonia sp. TF6

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATES;

ALKANE HYDROXYLASE (AH); BIOTRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR LEVELS;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA; RUBREDOXIN; RUBREDOXIN NAD+ REDUCTASE; RUBREDOXIN-NAD+ REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GORDONIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; ALKANES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; RUBREDOXINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GORDONIA SP.;

EID: 9244245294     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.2171     Document Type: Article

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